“Compulsive” Gaming Mostly a Myth, Says Clinic That Treats Compulsive Gamers
The world’s only rehab clinic for patients believed to be online gaming junkies soon may be out of business. The two-year-old Smith & Jones Centre, based in Amsterdam, has concluded that just 10% of gaming “addicts” suffer from actual addiction issues, and that the rest are merely outcasts who can be rehabilitated with some tender loving care from friends and family. As clinic’s founder Keith Bakker said to the BBC: “The more we work with these kids the less I believe we can call this addiction. What many of these kids need is their parents and their school teachers - this is a social problem."
1 December 2008•1 min read
