print email comment close Computer and Video Game Addiction URL: http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_gameaddiction.shtml Description: "When time spent on the computer, playing video games or cruising the Internet reaches a point that it harms a child's or adult's family and social relationships, or disrupts school or work life, that person may be caught in a cycle of addiction." This site provides lists of physical and mental symptoms for children and adults of video game addiction. Also includes a bibliography. From the National Institute on Media and the Family. Publisher: National Institute on Media and the Family Library of Congress Subject Headings: Addicts Compulsive behavior Computer games Video games LII Database Information: Record 507 created by Maria Brandt on 03/01/2005 Last modification on 03/01/2005 Published: 03/01/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/507