Clinic Director ‘Was Not Prepared’ for Level of Gaming Disorders

A gamer holding a PS4 controller in London on March 28, 2019. Alex Pantling/Getty Images

The founder of the first NHS clinic created to treat gaming disorders has admitted she “was not prepared” for what she has seen since its opening.

Dr. Henrietta Bowden-Jones is the director of the National Centre for Gaming Disorders, an NHS clinic which opened its doors in 2020 expecting to see “no more than 50 patients a year.”