Thursday, June 01, 2006

Residential video game addiction treatment

It appears that the dilution of the disease model is complete. We've all heard of video games being referred to as an addiction, but now there's a four to eight week residential treatment program.

What does this kind of thing do to public acceptance of the disease model as applied to drug and alcohol addiction?
Does the over-application of the concept render it meaningless?
Does it increase or reduce the stigma associated with drug addiction?

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