Researchers out of Spain and Italy report a globally pooled Internet Gaming Disorder prevalence of 6.1% among adults ages ...

Behavioral addictions like online gaming and betting are increasingly seen at de-addiction centers, affecting adolescents and ...

The report calls screen addiction among children and adolescents a growing public health risk.

Co-authored by Richard Zhang, M.D., M.A. and Eunice Y. Yuen, M.D., Ph.D. In 2022, a year after China’s government prohibited youth under age 18 from playing online games more than three hours per week ...

The authors of a new book on internet gaming disorder are encouraging their readers to learn more about equilibrium, ...

U of A researcher Lindsay Lundeen and an Auburn colleague found that gamers who identified as religious or spiritual were 62% less likely to experience major depressive disorder than those who lacked ...

A recent JAMA Network Open study investigated the efficacy and underlying neural mechanism of mindfulness meditation (MM) intervention for treating adults with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). IGD is ...

New Swinburne-led research has found that the use of mobile devices by primary school-aged children for gaming, social media ...

Video games have become a global phenomenon, offering immersive entertainment and fostering vibrant online communities. However, for some individuals, gaming can evolve from a fun pastime into an ...

Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights rising digital addiction, its impact on mental health, productivity, & calls for interventions.

China made headlines last week by enacting one of the strictest measures to curb adolescent gaming that the world has seen to date. No youth under the age of 18 will be allowed to game Monday through ...