Grasping Gaming: Parent Management Training for Excessive Videogame Use in Children

Elijah is an 11-year-old boy referred to a child psychiatrist for worsening aggression and tantrums. He spends all his time playing video games. Elijah does not join his family for dinner, forsaking meals to play more games. He refuses to do chores and has urinated on himself several times rather than get up to use the bathroom. Frustrated, Elijah's mother unplugs the game and Elijah becomes violent-throwing things, kicking, screaming, and hitting. His mother has also found new charges on her credit card that could only have been made by her son. When asked what game he plays so fervently, both mother and Elijah respond: "Fortnite."