Open AccessVideo Game Addiction and Life Style Changes: Implications for Caregivers Burden
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.178811
Subject(s) - video game , addiction , distress , schedule , psychosocial , psychology , service (business) , perspective (graphical) , family caregivers , caregiver burden , applied psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , nursing , multimedia , computer science , disease , dementia , economy , economics , operating system , pathology , artificial intelligence
Limitation of available information on caregiver perspective on managing the users excessive use of technology. The present case series explore the caregiver burden related to users addictive use of video game. The users and caregivers approached the service of healthy use of technology (SHUT clinic) for management. They were assessed using Griffith criteria for video game; General Health questionnaire and family burden interview schedule. It demonstrate the addictive use of video game and its impact on users life style and the presence of psychiatric distress/family burden in the caregivers. Caregivers also reported presence of disturbance in psychosocial domains and helplessness to manage the excessive use. It has implications for building support group and service to handle parents' distress and enabling them to handle the dysfunction in users.