Video Game Addiction: Risk Factors + Self-Test 🎮

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Subject: Video Game Addiction: Risk Factors + Self-Test 🎮
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Playing video games does not cause ADHD, but researchers have found important links between ADHD and gaming disorder.

Video Game Addiction: Signs, Risk Factors, and ADHD Links Forward this email to a friend » View this email in your browser VIDEO GAME ADDICTION “Just One More Level…” Billions of people play video games worldwide. Only a very small subset exhibits disordered, out-of-control behaviors. Learn about the rare but real "gaming disorder" recognized by the World Health Organization — and why ADHD increases the risk. SELF-TEST Is My Child Addicted to Gaming? Does your child often lose track of time when gaming? Do they become anxious, sad, or angry when they can't play? | Take the self-test » Subscribe to ADDitude magazine or give a gift subscription to your child's school, and get instant access to our eBook, How the ADHD Brain Works!  Subscribe now »  “ADHD Resources I Trust...” ADDitude readers recommend the experts, books, journals, podcasts, and YouTube channels that deliver helpful, accurate ADHD information. “We Are Searching for Answers, Too” “My husband and I are both clinical psychologists. Despite our knowledge and resources, raising our six-year-old with ADHD is the hardest challenge we have ever faced.” FREE WEBINAR ON NOV. 12 Movement as Medicine Learn how dance, yoga, and movement improve mood, emotional regulation, focus, & more in neurodivergent people. FREE WEBINAR ON NOV. 20 The Empathy Playbook Learn how you can help your child with ADHD navigate unfair treatment and tough relationships. Register now » Forward to a friend > ADDitude thanks our sponsors for their support. Sponsors have no influence on editorial content. Copyright © 2025 ADDitude, a WebMD company, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed or requested a free resource from ADDitude. Our mailing address is: ADDitude, a WebMD company 283-299 Market Street, 3rd Floor 2 Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 Add us to your address book Contact ADDitude