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Works Cited: Tanner, Lindsey. "Is Video-game Addiction a Mental Disorder? //Msnbc.com - Breaking News, Science and Tech News, World News, US News, Local News. Msnbc.com//. Msnbc. 15 Nov. 2011 Web. 16 Nov. 2011.


 * (Is video-game addiction a mental disorder?**)

By: Lindsey Tanner

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19354827/ns/technology_and_science-games/t/video-game-addiction-mental-disorder/#.TsPWnXPyEVl

Summary: This article is about teenagers these days who are addicted to video games. The leading council of the nations largest doctors group wants to make this behavior officially classified as a psychiatric disorder. There was some parents who spoke in this article about their teenage sons and how they were addicted to online gaming and video gaming. Some of their sons were so addicted that they were threathening their parents when their parents would take away their gaming systems.

Quotes: 1. "A leading council of the nation’s largest doctors’ group wants to have this behavior officially classified as a psychiatric disorder, to raise awareness and enable sufferers to get insurance coverage for treatment."

2. "A support group called On-Line Gamers Anonymous has numerous postings on its Web site from gamers seeking help."

3. "Dr. James Scully, the psychiatric association’s medical director, said the group will seriously consider the AMA report in the long process of revising the diagnostic manual."

Facts: 1. Up to 90% of teenagers play video games and about 15% of them are addicted. 2. 31% of teens under the age of 18 play video games. 3. 62% of men play video games.