Revamp of a previously published post from 20 November 2013 For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the concept of repetition. There’s something about how we as humans derive joy from doing things over and over again that has always intrigued me, from the simple pleasures […]
What a magnificent blend of cultural heritage and modernity I experienced at Incheon, Korea, where the 8th International Conference of Behavioral Addictions was held this year! Learning and sharing knowledge with other professionals in this unique setting was an excellent opportunity. Although I missed some of my colleagues who could […]
My colleagues Huu Kim Le, Annabel Callan, Daragh Poynton, Daniela Vecchio and Wai Chen at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Australia, and I recently published a case report on GTP: “Game Transfer Phenomena in a Clinical Case with Psychosis and Gaming Disorder” in the Psychiatry International journal. Our case report describes a […]
I am thrilled to share that “Game Transfer Phenomenon,” a term I coined, has received recognition and has been featured in the “A Dictionary of Hallucinations” by Springer. It is an immense honour to have my contribution acknowledged by such a highly respected source and to be listed among some […]
Dr Laura Maldonado-Murciano, together with Dr Georgina Aguilera, presented preliminary data on our validation of a Spanish version of the short GTP Scale (The GTP5-SF) at the European Congress of Methodology (EAM 2023) in Ghent, Belgium. Thanks to the GEIMAC group and my colleagues Laura Maldonado-Murciano, Georgina Guilera, Maite Barrios, […]
Our work on Game Transfer Phenomena and gaming disorder at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2023 Congress (RANZCP) in Perth, Australia, was featured in news.com.au, “Gaming disorder: Gamers may be seeing things that aren’t there” My colleagues Huu Kim Le, Wai Chen, Antony Callan, Daniela Poynton […]
Hemos publicado mi colega Andrzej Cudo y yo nuestro estudio titulado “Adaptación de la escala del Game Transfer Phenomena en español: cambios sensoperceptivos, pensamientos intrusivos y comportamientos involuntarios en video jugadores mexicanos” (n=607) en la Revista Internacional de Investigación en Adicciones (RIIAD), editada por los Centros de Integración Juvenil A.C […]
Our new study, “Adaptation of the Game Transfer Phenomena Scale into Spanish: Sensory-Perceptual Changes, Intrusive Thoughts, and Involuntary Behaviors in Mexican Video Game Players”, with a validation of the Game Transfer Phenomena scale with 20 items in a population of Mexican video game players has been published in Revista Internacional […]
Next week I have the pleasure of presenting two of our studies on Game Transfer Phenomena at the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP 2023) congress in Perth, Australia. The first paper focuses on a clinical case of GTP and Psychosis from the Fiona Stanley Hospital. The […]
Game Transfer Phenomena was covered in the Red Bulletin magazine regarding the Tetris film on Apple TV+. Read the article on page 80.