Appears a center specializing in “caching games”, dedicated to players from 13 -25 years old

As you know, not long ago WHO officially listed “game addiction” as one of the diseases. Of course, when it has become a disease, accompanying services such as therapy and rehabilitation also appear. According to GameRant, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) recently announced the establishment of a treatment center game addiction first for adolescents and adults.​

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This therapy center has the full name of Center for Internet and Gaming Disorder, specializing in the treatment of “addicts” from 13 to 25 years old. This is a structure within the City of London, in the center, doctors will combine with clinical psychologists, therapists, neurologists, mental health nurses and other professionals. Neurology specializes in treating young people to conduct therapy. The diagnostic and therapeutic process will be conducted at the center or through the Skype chat software.​

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Simon Stevens, NHS chief, said the service was built in response to emerging problems that are part of the growing pressure children and young people are facing today. up. In addition, Stevens also said that betting companies and Internet companies must be accountable to their users, they should not “make money” from users’ obsessive-compulsive behaviors and then let the NHS clean up. clean up the mess.​

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According to GameRant, this is not the first time someone has demanded that game developers be held accountable for gambling behavior and addictive content in games. Last week, there was a class action lawsuit against Epic Games, the plaintiff asked Epic to compensate for developing games with addictive and gambling elements. This could also be one of the reasons why the NHS feels it must set up a treatment center for ‘gaming addiction’.​