Dr. Mike Brooks and Dr. Jon Lasser were interviewed by CTV’s Todd van der Heyden on his Viewpoints podcast. Viewpoints is a nationally syndicated radio show that airs through-out Canada. The episode is posted below. The interview starts around the 38:25 mark.
Millions of kids are now playing the hottest game, Fortnite. Is that bad? Fortnite is the hottest video game of the past year. If you have gamers in the household, particularly boys, you might be seeing more of it than you’d like! There is a recent Time Magazine article on it, because Fortnite…
An approach to help manage the challenges of screens As parents, it’s a challenge to steer our kids toward a healthy balance with their screen time. In this episode of my Tech Happy Life YouTube channel, I introduce the Tech Happy Life Model to help with that. In my book with co-author Dr. Jon…
A new, video game-related diagnosis appears in the ICD-11. Is it a real thing? You might have recently read that the World Health Organization (WHO), which publishes the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), recently classified Gaming Disorder as a new disorder. Mental Disorders as Hypothetical Constructs The idea that there could be a Gaming Disorder is a…
What’s up with today’s kids — Generation Z? I recently was interviewed by Tara Parker-Pope of the the New York Times for a story she wrote titled, “Are Today’s Teenagers Smarter and Better Than We Think?” Unfortunately for me, I didn’t end up getting cited in her article. Ah, my brush with 15-minutes of…
wolf alice tells all: The magic of “simpler” times, playing and goofing off Wolf Alice’s “Bros” is a song I stumbled upon about a year ago. I am a huge fan of alternative music and it’s often hard for me to keep up with the latest alternative hits, but Wolf Alice’s “Bros” stands out…
give your mind a break in this plugged in, hyper-connected world In this plugged-in, hyper-connected world, we need time to give our minds a break. We need to unplug to create sacred spaces — time apart from technology and information overload. Yes, I get the irony that I’m writing a blog about this and,…
A new study that appears in the most recent issue of Archives of General Psychiatry covers the prevalence rates of mental disorders in young adults. It is based on interviews with 5,000 people ages 19-25. One of the alarming findings is that fewer than 25% of college age Americans with mental problems get treatment….