BACKGROUND: Gaming is a popular leisure activity among children and adolescents in Japan. Recently, gaming disorder (GD) has become a common issue in child and adolescent psychiatry. However, due to a severe shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) in Japan, we hypothesized that young patients with GD and gaming-related problems may seek help at pediatric or general psychiatric clinics, which serve as primary care providers for children’s mental health issues. In this study, we…
