Tag: mood disorder

Friendship Series Pt 3 (of 3): How to be a Good Friend When You Have a Mood Disorder

Ellie, a 21-yo college student with depression and ADHD, helps us finish the Friendship Series with Pt 3! We explore 3 qualities people with mental illnesses should demonstrate to be good friends. The podcast is also an eyeopener for people without mental illness because it helps them understand obstacles people with mental illness face and the qualities they have that can actually make them great friends.

Discussion: College Reality Vs College Expectations

Aime Lynn and Phil explore what people often think college may be like versus what actually occurs.

Interview With Therapist, Author, Gamer, and Video Game and Media Addictions Specialist Shavaun Scott

We interview Shavaun Scott, a therapist in California that specializes in video game addiction. In 2009, along with co-author Neils Clark, she co-authored the book, Game Addiction: The Experience and The Effects.

Moving Goalposts: Is It Becoming Normal for People To Play Video Games For Longer and Longer Stretches of Time?

Coming up soon on Flipswitch, we'll be interviewing a couple of major designers in the video game industry as we take a look at the issue of video game addiction. At times, it may come across like we're wagging our fingers at them for making games that get so many people for such long stretches of time; however, that's not exactly right. The reality is the fact these things are so fun to play for so many people that it makes them want to play forever means in their particular field of video game making, they're extremely good at their jobs. That is precisely what they're supposed to do. So, we're definitely not trying to sound conspiratorial or that they're somehow "to blame" for the phenomenon of average folks playing video games for WAY too long.

Interview With Kourosh Dini, MD On Video Game Addiction

The first in our series of interviews with experts on the phenomenon of video game addiction.