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Internet Technology & Video Game Overuse on the College Campus

January 11, 2021January 22, 2016 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Managing Screen Time, Video Games

Internet Technology & Video Game Overuse on the College Campus January 21, 2016 For all the convenience that technology brings us, an alarming percentage of people develop bad tech habits …

Virtual Reality ~ Immerse & Escape from Reality; How Much is too Much?

January 11, 2021December 6, 2015 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Managing Screen Time, Video Games

Virtual Reality (VR) has aimed at providing just that to for the whole of its 20-year existence. From helping form better posture in those with Multiple Sclerosis (Gutiéerrez, et al, …

Video Games and Internet Abuse Impact College Students

January 11, 2021March 1, 2015 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Managing Screen Time, Video Games

Brief Questionnaires to Assess for Addiction to the Internet and Video Games It is very likely you or your child is addicted to the Internet if most or all of …

The New ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Lets You Have Realistic Sex With Prostitutes

January 11, 2021November 30, 2014 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Video Games

The new release of Grand Theft Auto V is out today, bringing the game to the next generation of consoles. Now running on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, players …

Start the Conversation, Banish the Stigma

January 11, 2021September 19, 2014 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Featured Blog Posts, Managing Screen Time

Most young adults go off to college with a textbook full of health information stuffed into their skulls. They get the lecture about sex, including birth control and protection against …

How Staring At A Screen Changes Your Brain (For The Worse)

January 11, 2021September 17, 2014 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Managing Screen Time

The typical US citizen spends a staggering 50 plus hours consuming media from a screen per week. Recent statistics show that the average U.S. adult spends around two hours and …

Students’ Frequent Cell Phone Use Tied to Lower Grades, Higher Anxiety

January 11, 2021December 8, 2013 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Managing Screen Time

By Janice Wood Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on December 7, 2013 A new study has found that college students who use their cell phones frequently …

Video game addiction and other Internet compulsive disorders mask depression, anxiety, learning disabilities

January 11, 2021November 12, 2013 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Video Games

Addiction to video games and the Internet is gaining legitimacy as a psychological disorder, and experts say it’s not uncommon for kids to become violent when their ‘drug’ is taken …

Life in the age of internet addiction: “The vast majority of the American population is mildly addicted to technology”

January 11, 2021November 8, 2013 / by Digital Media Treatment / All Blog Posts, Managing Screen Time

By Ned Hepburn | January 24, 2013 Anyone who spends their day staring at screens can speak to the modern-day epidemic of eye fatigue. But what is our digital obsession doing to …