Video Game Addiction
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Video Game Addiction

David A. Olle and Jean Riescher Westcott
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January 2018
9781937585822
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  • Publisher
    Mercury Learning and Information
  • Published
    26th January 2018
  • ISBN 9781937585822
  • Language English
  • Pages 108 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9"
  • Images color photos throughout
$24.95
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January 2018
9781683923237
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    Mercury Learning and Information
  • Published
    26th January 2018
  • ISBN 9781683923237
  • Language English
  • Pages 108 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9"
  • Images color photos throughout
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January 2018
9781937585846
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  • Publisher
    Mercury Learning and Information
  • Published
    19th January 2018
  • ISBN 9781937585846
  • Language English
  • Pages 108 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9"
  • Images color photos throughout
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This book addresses the history, symptoms, causes, and available treatment for "video game overuse." It examines numerous case studies and provides resources from several countries including the US, China, South Korea, and the UK.

Features
• Questions and answers about the medical definition/description of the condition; the source/causes; details of symptoms; available cure/treatment; and societal issues or public opinion such as legal issues, social/psychological ramifications, etc.
• Case studies from both the physician and patient perspectives
• Animations, figures, and photos to support, explain topics under discussion. In electronic versions these items are integrated as hyperlinks and “pop-ups” throughout the text
• Resources including Web sites, articles, blogs, and books that offer additional information on each subject

1: What are video games?
2: How are video games categorized?
3: What is the history of video games?
4: How are video games played?
5: What are the characteristics of video gamers?
6: What is video game addiction?
7: Why are video games addictive?
8: How can you protect against video game addiction?
9: What are the benefits of playing video games?
10: Treating video game addiction.
11: Life after video game addiction.
Index.

David A. Olle

David Olle is a freelance medical and science writer. He has a varied background, including literature searches, professional book reviewing, writing essays for encyclopedias, articles for online organizations, and maintaining a website. This is his fifth book on medical topics.

Jean Riescher Westcott

Jean Riescher Westcott is the co-author of Basic Electronics, 4th Edition; Industrial Automation and Robotics, 1st Edition; and Video Game Addiction.

Together Jean and Sean Westcott have written Digitally Daunted: The Consumer’s Guide to the Technology in Your Life and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Electronics 101.