Plugged in: A Clinicians' and Families' Guide to Online Video Game Addiction

An epidemic has been growing over the past ten years. What had started out as a simple game has grown into a social dilemma. Video games without pause buttons are played worldwide by easily over ten million gamers. Their hold on gamers has led to suicides, homicides, and dying of malnutrition in the worst-case scenarios. In the better instances, they have ruined families, educations and careers. Plugged In is a family’s and clinician’s best friend in the war against online game addiction. Secrets of the biological and psychological factors of online game addiction are revealed by a clinician and experienced video gamer. Tools for assessment and step-by-step treatment recommendations are provided. Learn the language of gamers and why it is so hard for them to unplug from online games and get back into life.Waite, Terry is the author of 'Plugged in: A Clinicians' and Families' Guide to Online Video Game Addiction', published 2007 under ISBN 9781424183753 and ISBN 1424183758.