{"id":2166,"date":"2011-02-15T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/do-video-games-fuel-mental-health-problems-reuters.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:14:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:14:08","slug":"do-video-games-fuel-mental-health-problems-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2166","title":{"rendered":"Do video games fuel mental health problems? | Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(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.<\/div>\n

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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.<\/div>\n

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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. <\/a><\/div>\n
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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. <\/i><\/div>\n
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. <\/i><\/div>\n
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