Do video games fuel mental health problems? | Reuters
Posted On February 15, 2011
(Reuters Health) – There might be trouble brewing behind the glassy eyes of kids who spend too much time and energy on video games, according to a controversial new study.
In the 2-year study of more than 3,000 school children in Singapore, researchers found nearly one in ten were video game “addicts,” and most were stuck with the problem.
While these kids were more likely to have behavioral problems to begin with, excessive gaming appeared to cause …. Read here to get the whole story.
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But isn’t this the same story as we hear for everything from wine to chocolate to work to play to …. [fill in the blank]? A little is good, but you can overdo any any anything. Overconsumption will always be bad for your and moderation will save your life.
And, just because this has to do with a relatively new cultural phenomenon doesn’t exempt it from this time-tested truism. Here’s one more truism that is proven to be consistently true over time: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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