Raising Kids Online podcast with Dr Brad Marshall: Hooked on gaming? What educators need to know about supporting young people – Part 1

In this episode, Dr Brad Marshall and Dr Huu Kim Le discuss gaming disorder and what you can do to support young people

• Explore how gaming can compete with sleep, school and family life
• Recognise how ADHD and other mental health concerns can intersect with gaming
• Understand why building rapport matters when talking with young people about their gaming
• Compare supportive camp-based programs with more intensive interventions
• Examine Singapore’s prevention approach alongside treatment options in Australia

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Host: Dr Brad Marshall, Psychologist; Author; Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University

Expert: Dr Huu Kim Le, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Internet Gaming Disorder Specialist; Founder, CGI Clinic

Total time: 40 mins

Additional resources:

• CGI Clinic
• Veterans Mentors camp
• Kokoda Camp
• Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
• Fiona Stanley Hospital Gaming Disorder Clinic (Perth)
• Statewide Gambling Therapy Service (Adelaide)
• The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive – book by Lisa Lewis
• Libby app
• YouTube video “Let’s Go Whaling”
• Dr Kim Le asks ‘Are You Addicted To Technology?’ – SBS interactive documentary
• INT_VL – Fitness and gaming app

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