Programme: BBC News 24 Topic: Computer game addiction
Friday, November 14, 2008
Dr Richard Graham, one of our foremost experts on adolescent mental health, was filmed at the Trust on the morning of the 14th giving comment on the worrying trend of increasing addiction amongst adolescents to computer games. Click here to find out more…..
Coinciding with the launch of the new World of Warcraft the coverage included footage of Richard filmed on the morning of the 14th. Richard talked about cases admitted to the Trust where adolescents are spending 14-16 hours a day playing games such as virtual online fantasy game World of Warcraft and the problems this can create. These problems include lack of sleep, worsening school performance, an increasing inability to face their actual identities due to the accomplishments of their fictional alter-egos and a general distancing from the real world.