Parents who think their children are "addicted" to their video
games, in many cases, may be right. A study of 1,200 U.S.
children and teenagers, found that almost 10 percent showed
signs of pathological video-game use -- meeting the definition
normally used for gauging pathological gambling. Recently,
researchers have been interested in the potential for young
people to develop an unhealthy preoccupation with video games
and the Internet. Dr. Raun Melmed, co-founder of the Melmed
Center in Scottsdale, Ariz., says it's becoming more and more
common to see children with vidoe game issues in his office. We
sat down with Dr. Melmed for some Q&A about excessive video
gaming. Lets talk about who is most at risk of being a video
game addict. Dr. Melmed: Males are two to three times more
likely than females to become addicted. The part of the brain
that creates “reward feelings” is more active in men than women
while playing these games. The majority of video game addicts
are males under the age of 30. They often are