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Video games and the Depressed Teenager

Rabin, Roni Caryn. "Do Video Games Cause Depression in Teenagers? - NYTimes.com." //Health and Wellness - Well Blog - NYTimes.com//. New York Times, 18 Jan. 2011. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. .

Most of the teenager that spend large amounts of time playing video games are depressed an non social an start losing relationship with parents.

Dr. Gentile disagrees. he said, “It looks like it’s an independent actor, not just a symptom of something else.”

Dr. Gentile suggested that teenagers who are experiencing problems may retreat into gaming, and that the gaming may, in turn, increase their depression and isolation. Two years later, they were more likely to suffer from depression, social phobias and anxiety than those who played video games less often.