Games people play: The next-generation addiction
Journal Title: Medical Journal Armed Forces - Year 2019, Vol 75, Issue 2
Abstract
Over the years, addictive behaviors have gradually extended from substance use to seemingly harmless behaviors. As one said from Parle-G to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), a paradigm shift in games to the virtual web, people have been losing themselves in the online world, and the most worrisome aspect is that our Gen X is the one that seems to be most affected.
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M. S. Bhatia
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