HealthDay (7/7, Mozes) reports that not only “is it possible to become addicted to gaming on the internet,” but also such an addiction “may trigger sleep difficulties, depression, anxiety and, in some cases, even suicidal thoughts,” investigators concluded in a study involving “phone interviews conducted among nearly 3,000 American college students between 2007 and 2015.” Those interviews “revealed that roughly one in 20 had ‘internet gaming disorder.’” The findings were published online June 6 ahead of print in the August issue of the journal Psychiatry Research. HealthDay adds that in 2013, the American Psychiatric Association included “internet gaming disorder as an official diagnosis in its updated diagnostic manual.” Click here to learn more about the disorder from the APA.
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— “1 in 20 College Students Has ‘Internet Gaming Disorder,’ Study Finds “Alan Mozes, HealthDay, July 7, 2021