The digital habits that defined youth are transforming old age
HUNDREDS OF TEENAGERS, sometimes strong-armed by their parents, have trooped through the doors of Britain’s National Centre for Gaming Disorders since it opened in 2019. Yet lately the publicly funded clinic has admitted a steady trickle of rather different patients. Its specialists in video-game addiction have so far treated 67 people over the age of 40. The oldest, with an obsession for games on her smartphone, was 72.
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This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “The new screen addicts”
From the October 25th 2025 edition
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