World
Health Organization will recognize video game addiction in 2018
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Video
game addiction will be classified as an official mental
Health condition next year.*
The
World Health Organization (WHO)
will recognize "gaming disorder" as a mental
Health condition in its next revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), coming in 2018. A beta draft of the WHO's 11th ICD includes a
gaming disorder entry, which is described as an
addiction to
video games both online and offline.
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Gaming disorder as described by the WHO is "characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior," including not feeling like you have control over how much you play, putting gaming over other life priorities, and continuing to play games despite negative consequences.
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