Video Game Addiction (MyModernHealth FAQs)

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

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 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.