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NHS addiction experts will start treating children for 'gaming addiction' at a specialist centre from September.

A group of 15 patients is being picked for the trial. Those signed up so far are aged between 12 and 20.

Patients will be assessed by the Central and North West London NHS trust. The pilot's founder, addiction expert Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones, told the Daily Telegraph patients will be assessed so doctors can better understand their disorders.

Dr Bowden-Jones, who previously founded a gambling addiction clinic, said: "We'll record in depth everything we can in order to develop the largest database in the country to better understand the illness."

Sounds good if it helps to better understand it so they can develop effective treatment options in the future.

Originally Posted by Nicky91

''video game addiction'' umm if it wasn't for video games kids/teens would be just brats all day long, playing video games is a good distraction i guess


i'm currently playing games like yahtzee, mahjong on the computer, and other games such as first person shooters/football on the ps3

if they would take all this away from me i would be a huge rebel in the house 24/7


so i kinda disagree with this from the NHS

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