The number of people playing video games increased massively during pandemic lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 - but so did the risk of addiction. Campaigners have previously warned about the dangers of certain modern gaming tropes, such as the loot boxes seen in titles like FIFA.
Hundreds of children are being treated for video game disorders by the NHS, including some who have been driven to attack their own family., the only clinic of its kind in the UK.for upwards of 14 hours a day, some avoiding school to do so.
The NHS said there had been cases of children becoming so addicted to gaming that relationships with relatives and friends had broken down, and that some had become violent. Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, the centre's founder and director, warned gaming addiction could"take over and stop them living their normal daily life".
, which said it can harm"personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning".
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