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I wasn't refering to addicts then I made my post. I do know that people can be addicted to videogames and I know what the effects of those are.
I have to wonder though when it comes to depression and videogame addiction the old "chicken and the egg" argument: which came first? The depression or the addiction? Children of any age can be depressed and videogames are good for escaping things like that. The story of the 18 year old... I have to wonder, how much attention did he get at home? At school? Was he bullied? Did he feel a lot of pressure? All of these are big factors. I know from friends and family (and depending on how much time a day you consider enough to be an addiction, myself) that children who play videogames all day that grows into an addiction later in life generally are bullied, don't have a lot of friends, have parents with one level of apathy or another, and had crappy things happen to them. That's more then enough to get them addicted to videogames considering they are such an attractive distraction from life. I have a hard time believing that the addiction itself caused the depression unless it was more along the lines of feeling like they wasted their time and they know they can't get it back.
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