People whose lives are dominated by playing computer games are addicted, critics say. Whatever the problem, support groups exist for the players and their significant others. By Julia Scheeres.

Health in depth How to spot a computer game addiction NHS to offer counselling for young people hooked on gaming Newsletter sign up (Image credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) By Gabriel Power ...

Video-game addiction: fact or fantasy? I am a Warcraft widow, an affectionate term given to those who have "lost" a partner to World of Warcraft (WoW) as a result of excessive game playing.

Unambiguously to him, the word “addiction” explains his relationship to games: obsession, withdrawal, compulsion, lying, a total shift of values. “In my 20s, I tried to numb it out with ...

"I would not inflict this game upon anyone" was the testimony of a gamer codenamed Leo as he looked into the camera, his left cheek illuminated, offscreen, by a computer monitor. He was speaking ...

All you need to know about video game addiction - what is it, how to recognise it, and what the experts say ...

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The existence of gaming addiction is often played down, but it's real and is a potential killer. Here's why games can be so addictive.

China game addiction clinic uses electroshock and psychotherapy to treat gamers whose long hours online affect their physical and mental health.

Psychologists in Australia are warning that videogame addiction is on the verge of becoming a “national health problem” for the nation’s adults. “There is no doubt computer and computer ...

But there is one addiction, previously seen as a harmless bit of fun, that is becoming a serious issue among professional footballers, of all levels – a compulsion to play computer games.