Can gaming 'addiction' lead to depression or aggression in young people? Here’s what the evidence says
- Written by: Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
ShutterstockA Victorian coroner has cited problematic gaming behaviour as the driver of a mood disorder which contributed to the 2019 death of regional school boy Oliver Cronin.
The findings from Coroner Paresa Spanos’s investigation were released on Wednesday. Spanos wrote in the report:
In the 12 months preceding his death, Oliver appears to...