Psychiatric help for WOW players.

[Paullehh]

WoW to get in-game addiction therapists?

London psychiatrists have proposed setting up in-game therapy for those addicted to World of Warcraft.
A psychiatrist operating out of the Tavistock Centre in London has announced that he is planning on helping gamers battle gaming addictions by staging therapy sessions in World of Warcraft.

Dr. Richard Graham made the announcement to the Daily Telagraph recently, saying that he hoped to have the idea rolled out as a fully workable project by the end of the year. The project has come about over concerns that Dr. Graham has about gamers neglecting their social lives and real-life responsibilities in favour of the game.

Dr. Graham is currently chasing up Blizzard to get free access to the MMO apparently, reasoning that it's in the best interests of gamers if he can provide them with therapy in their preferred environment in an effort to fight their WoW addictions.

"I think it's already clear that psychiatrists will have to stay within the parameters of the game," said Dr. Graham. "They certainly wouldn't be wandering around the game in white coats and would have to use the same characters available to other players."

"Those affected don't exhibit the same outward warning signs as most teenage anti-social behaviour issues do because they're in their bedrooms most of the time, seemingly out of trouble," Dr. Graham said in response to nay-sayers. "[i]Because of this we can't get through to them in the traditional educational environment or intrude on their actual bedrooms, we need to turn to the internet itself to tackle these problems."

Gaming addiction has been increasingly thrust into the public eye with the continued success of World of Warcraft, but there's still some serious disagreement about whether or not gaming addiction really is a mental disorder or more of a larger, more widespread social problem.

While game addiction may sound like a non-problem in real-life, it's a phenomenon which still appears to be on the rise and can potentially be quite damaging both professionally and socially.

[sTr]

that is classic, sign fred and star up...

[Ms Felony]

So psychiatrists are going into WoW to help people, I'd fucking piss myself if all the psychiatrists get hooked.

[sTr]

wouldn't doubt if it happens....

[Paullehh]

Wonder if some players think they are a lv 57 wizard or some shit like that in real life.

[Ms Felony]

yes


and a blood elf

[juggalogigolo]

belfs are hot

[sTr]

that's just fuckin' weird....

[Insanecowposse]

i'd do the blood elf

[sTr]

you might as well say you would like to fuck a 12 year old too, that is just gross... and scary looking... like ! would fuck that hippo bitch ! posted in the scariest nigs on the web thread before ! would fuck a blood elf, or any other character from WOW..... unless it was upside down.... (hint: MOM)

[Alyzzia]

The pics made me laugh

[Star]

me too, that guy's attempt at nelf rogue is epic fail

[Alyzzia]

However the belf was pretty good!

[juggalogigolo]

uhhhhhhhhhhhh sweetheart...i think thats suppose to be illidan

[juggalogigolo]

[sTr]

! like how you snuck that last one in there...

[juggalogigolo]

bajaj

[Star]

even more epic fail if it was, and none of those chicks are that cute =\

[Alyzzia]

Fred you should dress up like Thrall and fight that guy.

[Star]

he'd be better as kael'thas, since he's super pale and skinny and tall

[juggalogigolo]

bajaja im no where near in shape enough to dress up like thrall

[Star]

it'd be sweet if i could pull off lady sylvanas

[juggalogigolo]

would be hawt

[dirtymonkey22]

jeezz you guy call me a dork that post pointless shit

[sTr]

! rather have pointless tits... well, not like un-pointy tits, but tit's for no reason....

[Star]

i don't say anything about you, if i don't think something is worth reading or responding to, i just don't. i'm a total nerd, and i know it...but some nerdy girls are hot, like me. and plus, this thread WAS about wow to start with, so it's not totally off base that we're talking about wow

[juggalogigolo]

word

[sTr]

!'m lost now.... not too hard too accomplish, but good job regardless....

[juggalogigolo]

grats

[Lyeranceras]

What Realm is he on so i can kill him???

[Lyeranceras]

Paullehh Wrote:Wonder if some players think they are a lv 57 wizard or some shit like that in real life.

Their are I thikn i m a Lv 34 Priestess Namen Reiko Lymondine

[sTr]

that's fucked up...

[Star]

wow, the pointlessly bad grammar is really getting irritating.

[juggalogigolo]

word

[Paullehh]

Next WOW game is out early next year for PS3 only.