Sunday, May 5, 2013

Video game addiction and other Internet compulsive disorders mask depression, anxiety, learning disabilities

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/kids-addicted-video-games-violent-experts-article-1.1298338


          In the article "Video game addiction and other Internet compulsive disorders mask depression, anxiety, learning disabilities" by Tracy Miller, the article is about how 
"Addiction to video games and the Internet is gaining legitimacy as a psychological disorder, and experts say it's 
not uncommon for kids to become violent when their 'drug' is 
taken away" What its saying is that kids are so attached to 
the video games and already addicted that when the kids get
there video games taken away that they freak out and start to 
violent and start to hit there parents. In the article it says that
Violent video games can be as addicting as drugs, experts 
say, one expert,  Dr. Michael Fraser, a clinical psychologist 
on the upper East Side and professor at Weill Cornell 
Medical College said that, “It affects the same pleasure 
centers in the brain that make people want to come back,". Also theres another expert named Fraser  who said that ""Kids can become physically and verbally abusive," said Fraser. "Most parents have trouble imagining this—that their 12-year-old boy would push his mother when she  tries to unplug the game. There's an example how kids these days have been getting violentIn the article is says that in reality if your son was a good boy and you let him play these violent 
games they wont be that good boy anymore all you will have is an video game addict.

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