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= = =**__ Is video-game addiction a mental disorder? __**= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19354827/ns/technology_and_science-games/t/video-game-addiction-mental-disorder
 * By:Kyler Ramsey,Brady Cramer, and Cole Robertson **

=__//**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//. Associated Press, 22 June 2007. Web. 16 Nov. 2011. The object of the article that we read was about video game addiction and how addicting video games can be. Video games can be as addicting as drugs some doctors say. "

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1. "Up to 90 percent of American youngsters play video games and as many as 15 percent of them — more than 5 million kids — may be addicted,"

2."The culprit isn’t alcohol or drugs. It’s video [|games], which for certain kids can be as powerfully addictive as heroin," some doctors contend.

3."In February posting, a 13-year-old identified only as Ian told of playing video games for nearly 12 hours straight, said he felt suicidal and wondered if he was addicted."

__** Facts **__ 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."