Too much video gaming not addiction, yet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070627/ap_on_hi_te/ama_video_game_addiction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.c5299abc70db4875b065ca4c63bfd741.video_game_addiction_txdm101.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=k4cmKaD3fyzmSGmkH.D33g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Joyce Protopapas, poses at her home in Frisco, Texas, Wednesday, June 20, 2007, by a computer with the web site of the support group On-Line Gamers Anonymous on the screen. Protopapas says video and Internet games transformed her son, Michael, from a courteous, outgoing, academically gifted teen into an aggressive, reclusive manipulator who flunked two 10th grade classes and spent several hours day and night playing a popular online video game. A leading council of the American Medical Association now wants to have this behavior officially classified as a psychiatric disorder, to raise awareness and enable sufferers to get insurance coverage for treatment. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)" border="0" /></a>AP - The American Medical Association on Wednesday backed off calling excessive video-game playing a formal psychiatric addiction, saying instead that more research is needed.</p><br clear="all"/>

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