FtsArtek

Have you, in your studies, noticed a correlation between depression/anxiety and excessive video gaming? If so, does treating the underlying disorder often fix the addiction?

I suppose it's reasonable that the underlying issue may go the other way, simply that in my personal experience that's the way around it was - interesting that you mention marijuana addiction in particular, however, since I did struggle a lot with that for a while, too - and in the past I've experienced a lot of the criteria given for video game addiction, which in time I've managed to work on and reduce my gaming to a reasonable amount.

Are there any other somewhat common mental disorders that predispose a person to having a video game addiction issue?