The interactive nature of video games makes them uniquely suited to help people understand and recover from addiction.

International health officials are set to classify excessive video game playing as a mental health disorder — and parents who gave out games as gifts this year may want to take note. The World Health ...

Violent video games can be as addicting as drugs, experts say. “It affects the same pleasure centers in the brain that make people want to come back,” said Dr. Michael Fraser, a clinical psychologist ...

THE American Medical Assn. recently announced that it might recommend declaring video-game addiction a “formal diagnostic disorder,” listing it in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

There was a big flap last week over the game “Flappy Bird,” an iPhone and Android app that was pulled out of app stores by its Hanoi-based creator, Dong Nguyen. It all started when Nguyen tweeted that ...

An early policy amendment has suggested that video game addicts may be exempt from mandatory military service but so far, no one has qualified for the exemption. Sa Youn Hwang Sa Youn(Sy) loves ...

Three parents sued Epic Games for getting their children addicted to its popular video game “Fortnite,” leading their kids to stop sleeping, eating and showering. The lawsuit brought in Quebec ...

About one in 10 videogame players show signs of addictive behavior that could have negative effects on their family, friends and school work, according to a new study. Researchers at Iowa State ...