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Marmottan: Listening to young people "addicted" to video games.
At the Marmottan Center for Addiction Treatment in Paris, one in ten young people seeks help for a video game addiction. Doctors also see patients with internet addiction. The child and...
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Pathological gambling: a real addiction, without drugs.
The “Addiction Treatment and Prevention” plan, presented in late 2006 by the Ministry of Health, brought the issue of pathological gambling to the forefront. The severe lack of...
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Anything that brings pleasure can become an addiction.
About 500,000 people in France—mostly young people aged 14 to 17—are “addicted” to video games. They make up 90% of psychologist and psychoanalyst Michael Stora’s clientele. This...
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Video games: passion and its limits.
In France, approximately 13 million gamers play video games at least once a month, including 3.8 million who do so daily. The prevalence of problematic gaming varies, depending on the...
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Gambling in France in 2014
The study of gambling practices is a relatively recent development in France. Two surveys allow for the study of these behaviors before and after the 2010 legislative changes that...
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Strengthening Epidemiological Surveillance in the Wake of Natural Disasters. Special Issue. Epidemiological Disaster Preparedness
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Sickle Cell Disease and Blood Transfusion: The Policy of the French Blood Establishment.
Transfusion therapy remains a key component of the treatment of sickle cell disease. Given that blood groups vary depending on an individual’s geographic origin, transfusion therapy can...
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Descriptive studies of mortality and hospitalizations related to sickle cell disease in France.
Introduction. As part of the 2005–2008 and 2011–2014 National Plans for Rare Diseases, the databases of the Center for Epidemiology on Medical Causes of Death (CépiDc) and hospital stays...
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Sickle Cell Disease in France: Epidemiological Data to Improve Care [Editorial]
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The journals of Françoise M., a school doctor.
Often referred to as “school doctors,” physicians employed by the French Ministry of Education have a wide range of responsibilities: from conducting physical exams for 6-year-olds to...
