Video Game Addiction

However, researchers said the technology itself is not to be blamed, adding that a child's addiction to the devices could be a warning that they are already vulnerable to mental illness.

As part of a screen time lesson, a father in China forced his 11-year-old son to play video games straight for 17 hours without sleep after catching him using his phone in bed.

China has successfully resolved the problem of game addiction among its youth, the country's top gaming industry association said in a report. Last year, regulators introduced rules to curb game addiction, barring anyone under 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. The move came as part of a broad regulatory crackdown against...

The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...

Chinese state media said loopholes allowing minors to bypass new rules aimed at curbing gaming play time to three hours per week should be removed to "prevent addiction."

China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium".

A 13-year-old boy, who had gone missing from his house in Mangaluru was found murdered early on Sunday and one person was arrested in this connection, police sources said.

A 15-year-old boy on Friday died allegedly by suicide after his parents stopped him from playing video games in Uttar Pradesh's Noida.

Playing video games might sound fun but is it a healthy practice? Most kids today are addicted to gaming and spend their maximum hours on mobile phones playing games. There are various harmful hazards associated with gaming.

A 14-year-old boy addicted to video games allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Nagpur after his mother took away his mobile phone, the police said today.

Fortnite is the new rage in the gaming world and from what we read and hear, it seems to have taken the world by a storm. Dr Sanjay Chugh elaborates on the gaming sensation and its impact on health.

The World Health Organization on Monday officially recognized "gaming disorder" as a condition in its International Classification of Diseases, saying that it is possible to be addicted to video games.

The World Health Organization says compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition.

A 16-year-old boy, missing since the murder of his mother and sister near Delhi last week, was picked up from Varanasi on Tuesday night and has confessed to killing them with scissors and a pizza cutter because he was scolded and beaten up at home, a senior police officer said.

Having a TV in the bedroom can cause children to spend less time reading and sleeping, leading to poor grades as well as increased risk of obesity and video game addiction, a study has found.

However, researchers said the technology itself is not to be blamed, adding that a child's addiction to the devices could be a warning that they are already vulnerable to mental illness.

As part of a screen time lesson, a father in China forced his 11-year-old son to play video games straight for 17 hours without sleep after catching him using his phone in bed.

China has successfully resolved the problem of game addiction among its youth, the country's top gaming industry association said in a report. Last year, regulators introduced rules to curb game addiction, barring anyone under 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. The move came as part of a broad regulatory crackdown against...

The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...

Chinese state media said loopholes allowing minors to bypass new rules aimed at curbing gaming play time to three hours per week should be removed to "prevent addiction."

China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium".

A 13-year-old boy, who had gone missing from his house in Mangaluru was found murdered early on Sunday and one person was arrested in this connection, police sources said.

A 15-year-old boy on Friday died allegedly by suicide after his parents stopped him from playing video games in Uttar Pradesh's Noida.

Playing video games might sound fun but is it a healthy practice? Most kids today are addicted to gaming and spend their maximum hours on mobile phones playing games. There are various harmful hazards associated with gaming.

A 14-year-old boy addicted to video games allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Nagpur after his mother took away his mobile phone, the police said today.

Fortnite is the new rage in the gaming world and from what we read and hear, it seems to have taken the world by a storm. Dr Sanjay Chugh elaborates on the gaming sensation and its impact on health.

The World Health Organization on Monday officially recognized "gaming disorder" as a condition in its International Classification of Diseases, saying that it is possible to be addicted to video games.

The World Health Organization says compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition.

A 16-year-old boy, missing since the murder of his mother and sister near Delhi last week, was picked up from Varanasi on Tuesday night and has confessed to killing them with scissors and a pizza cutter because he was scolded and beaten up at home, a senior police officer said.

Having a TV in the bedroom can cause children to spend less time reading and sleeping, leading to poor grades as well as increased risk of obesity and video game addiction, a study has found.