BloguesRichard Martineau

Toxique affaire

En Europe, on va ouvrir une clinique pour soigner les gens qui souffrent de dépendance aux jeux vidéo! Eh oui, des programmes de désintox pour les accrocs de PlayStation!

"Je m'appelle Jean-Paul Choinière, et je suis accroc à Sim City…"

Video games may look innocent, but they can be as addictive as gambling or drugs – and just as hard to kick, says Keith Bakker, director of Amsterdam-based Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants.

Bakker already has treated 20 video game addicts, aged 13 to 30, since January. Some show withdrawal symptoms, such as shaking and sweating, when they look at a computer console.