Video game addiction

Video game addiction: why the mental disorder, now recognised by the WHO, is on the rise


Summer holidays identified as addiction danger spot as youngsters spend unstructured time online


The Cabin in Chiang Mai offers a rehab programme for young male addicts but, at US$15,000 a month, it’s out of reach for many


For many addicts, there comes a point when they hit rock bottom and realise they need help. For Cam Adair that time came when he was 19.


“I went from having jobs and not keeping them, to pretending to have jobs and refusing to work, to having suicidal thoughts, to planning my suicide,” says Adair, a former athlete who had dropped out of school and was living with his parents in Calgary, Canada. His addiction? Online games; he spent 16 hours a day vying for virtual galactic supremacy while in reality he was hunched over a computer in his bedroom.

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