The Game Culture Foundation held a symposium titled "International Joint Research on Internet Game Disorders" at the National Museum of Korea's small auditorium on November 1st. In the morning, a press conference was held with local media, and the main event was held at 2 p.m. The symposium was hosted by domestic and foreign experts in the field of psychiatry on the process and achievements of international joint research.

▲ Game Culture Foundation held Symposium

Experts in the field of psychiatry, including Perry F. Renshaw, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Utah, Professor Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, a professor of psychiatry at Sydney University, professor Vladan Starcevic of the University of Australia, and professor Lee Jung-eun of the Integrated Care Center at Seoul National University Hospital for Children, held lectures on the process and achievements of international joint research.

▲ professor Perry F. Renshaw, professor Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Kim Yung-jun, professor Vladan Starcevic

Lenshaw said that In general, they found that there was not much time spent playing games in North America, and I think the results are quite different depending on the Internet activity. The second was a 10-year case-driven cohort study conducted by the University of Utah's psychiatrist Deborah Yugelun-Todd on 11,500 children aged 9-10 across the United States. The study found that children's use of IT media has to do with levels of anxiety and depression, but it is also closely related to cognitive functions. Therefore, it is hard to conclude that it is bad for children to use IT media because a number of factors have to be considered. Lastly, Professor Lee Jung said that changes in symptoms in IGD appear to be closely related to changes in symptoms in ADHD and that the evaluation and treatment of ADHD symptoms were important factors in determining IGD prognosis.

▲ International collaboration study for IGD Symposium

Nov.2nd, 2019

by Bak Jeong-heon