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"Since 2022, ~300 people have sought treatment for gaming addiction at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Australia—the nation’s first public hospital to treat the increasingly prevalent disorder.
~500,000 Australians may be affected by addiction to video gaming, say researchers, who describe isolation, depression, and aggression as common symptoms as compulsive gaming disrupts school, work, and family life.
Most patients at the Fiona Stanley facility are 15–19 years old. At the clinic, they are slowly reconnected to daily activities and routines.
More tools needed: The clinic’s practitioners and other researchers say schools and physicians need more resources to flag and screen at-risk youth so treatment can begin earlier."
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