The World Health Organisation's recent decision to recognise videogame addiction, or "gaming disorder," as a mental health problem has proved controversial, with some in the psychology community arguing that the comparison trivialises addictions like substance abuse or alcoholism.
But Kansas City psychiatrist Gary Boxer says there's a more important question at stake: what's all that screen time, addiction or not, doing to children's brains?
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