Foreshadow
Jul 30 2009, 04:55 AM
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/therapists-join-world-of-warcraft-to-treat-addicted-players/1338761
If Dr. Richard Graham has his way, massively popular online game World of Warcraft (http://videogames.yahoo.com/gamemain?cid=1990962391&tab=&page=1&eid=-1) will soon get an unofficial new character class: the therapist.
According to The Daily Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5899659/Addiction-therapists-signing-up-to-World-of-Warcraft.html), the London psychiatrist is spearheading a movement that would let mental health workers join online game worlds as avatars in order to better treat players suffering from game addiction.[....]
The issue of game addiction itself is still quite thorny. The American Medical Association still doesn't consider game addiction to be a legitimate disorder (http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2425415820070624), while other reports -- including a Swedish study (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1157362/World-Of-Warcraft-addictive-crack-cocaine-teenager-suffers-convulsions-24-hour-long-game.html) claiming that Warcraft is "more addictive than crack cocaine" -- say otherwise.
I bet by the end of that program, world of warcraft will have a ton of Therapists needing addictive therapy ;). Apparently World Of Warcraft is more addictive than Crack.
If Dr. Richard Graham has his way, massively popular online game World of Warcraft (http://videogames.yahoo.com/gamemain?cid=1990962391&tab=&page=1&eid=-1) will soon get an unofficial new character class: the therapist.
According to The Daily Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/5899659/Addiction-therapists-signing-up-to-World-of-Warcraft.html), the London psychiatrist is spearheading a movement that would let mental health workers join online game worlds as avatars in order to better treat players suffering from game addiction.[....]
The issue of game addiction itself is still quite thorny. The American Medical Association still doesn't consider game addiction to be a legitimate disorder (http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2425415820070624), while other reports -- including a Swedish study (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1157362/World-Of-Warcraft-addictive-crack-cocaine-teenager-suffers-convulsions-24-hour-long-game.html) claiming that Warcraft is "more addictive than crack cocaine" -- say otherwise.
I bet by the end of that program, world of warcraft will have a ton of Therapists needing addictive therapy ;). Apparently World Of Warcraft is more addictive than Crack.