"Video Games" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A form of interactive entertainment in which the player controls electronically generated images that appear on a video display screen. This includes video games played in the home on special machines or home computers, and those played in arcades.
| Descriptor ID |
D018910
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I03.450.642.693.930 L01.224.900.930
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| Concept/Terms |
Video Games- Video Games
- Game, Video
- Games, Video
- Video Game
Computer Games- Computer Games
- Computer Game
- Game, Computer
- Games, Computer
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 26 | 7 | 33 |
| 2018 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Video Games" by people in Profiles.
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So your patient is a gamer: an exploration of benefits and harms. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2021 10 01; 33(5):530-534.
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Prevalence and risk factors of internet gaming disorder and problematic internet use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A large online survey of Japanese adults. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 10; 142:218-225.
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Computer Game Assisted Task Specific Exercises in the Treatment of Motor and Cognitive Function and Quality of Life in Stroke: A Randomized Control Study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Sep; 30(9):105991.
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Assessing online gaming and pornography consumption patterns during COVID-19 isolation using an online survey: Highlighting distinct avenues of problematic internet behavior. Addict Behav. 2021 12; 123:107044.
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Addictive Internet Gaming Usage among Korean Adolescents before and after the Outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of the Latent Profiles in 2018 and 2020. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 07; 18(14).
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Gaming among Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Lockdown: The Role of Parents in Time Spent on Video Games and Gaming Disorder Symptoms. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 06 21; 18(12).
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Electroencephalography-detected neurophysiology of internet addiction disorder and internet gaming disorder in adolescents - A review. Med J Malaysia. 2021 05; 76(3):401-413.
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Use of virtual reality in the inpatient rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2021 Jul-Aug; 71:76-81.
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Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on screen media use in patients referred for ADHD to child and adolescent psychiatry: an introduction to problematic use of the internet in ADHD and results of a survey. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2021 07; 128(7):1033-1043.
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Effects on gait and balance of home-based active video game interventions in persons with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 Jun; 51:102928.