Professional
Help
Your regular doctor.
Primary care physicians and mental health practitioners may be able to provide
effective video game "addiction" treatment.
Video game "addiction"
is an emerging issue so there are not many video game specific counseling or treatment
options. When looking for resources in your community, work with someone who will
treat video game "addiction" as a primary issue, not as a secondary
one. Here are some important things to ask when you are looking for help:
- Do
you believe that video games can be addictive?
- Have you ever treated
anyone for computer or video game addiction?
- If not, what is your approach
for treating addiction?
- Do you believe that video game addiction needs
to be treated directly as a primary problem or merely as a symptom for an underlying
problem?
Specialists in video game addiction.
For specialty addiction treatment options, try contacting local mental health
agencies. Other resources include:
Community Organizations
Living Beyond Recovery
http://www.livingbeyondrecovery.com/
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Treatment
Programs
Aspen Education Group http://www.aspeneducationgroup.com/
gameaddiction
(866) 375-4376
The Center for Internet
Behavior
http://www.virtual-addiction.com/
860-561-8727
Information Resources
Addiction information.org http://www.addictioninfo.org/
The Center for Internet Behavior
http://www.virtual-addiction.com/
860-561-8727
CRC Health Group
http://www.video-game-addiction.org/ 866.869.4530
Healthy Place
http://www.healthyplace.com/
Web Aware
http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/
default.aspx
860-561-8727
Mutual-help Groups
Online Gamers Anonymous http://www.olganon.org
(612)-245-1115 |
