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‘Gaming disorder' is now an official mental health condition |
2018-06-19 |
[NY Post] For video game addicts, it might be time to hit the restart button. Compulsive game playing is now a mental health condition, the World Health Organization announced Monday in the latest edition of its disease classification manual. The WHO defines a "gaming disorder" as having three major characteristics that experts say are similar to substance use disorders and gambling disorder. "One is that the gaming behavior takes precedence over other activities to the extent that other activities are taken to the periphery," Dr. Vladimir Poznyak, of the WHO’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, told CNN. The other two are impaired control over gaming and continuation or an increase in gaming despite negative consequences like "disturbed sleep patterns, like diet problems, like a deficiency in the physical activity," Poznyak said. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#9 I thought "gaming disorder" was using a console. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-06-19 21:42 |
#8 #7 - two of my favs as well |
Posted by: Frank G 2018-06-19 18:01 |
#7 I used to game a lot - DOOM & Unreal Tournament being the most favored online games. I quit soon after I bought the house and became self employed. You could say I quit gaming because of these additional responsibilities, or when I finally grew the fuck up. The WHO article is complete bullshit. I used to like that band.... |
Posted by: 2018-06-19 17:47 |
#6 "One is that the FIFY. I knew a Perfessor that loved Italian Opera and thought popular music was mind destroying, go figure... |
Posted by: magpie 2018-06-19 10:34 |
#5 Everything is a mental disorder. Nobody is sane. Thus nobody can judge. Just let the gov make the hard decisions for you using your money and get back to work. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-06-19 10:07 |
#4 Cool! I can now get a grant to play video games all day!! |
Posted by: DarthVader 2018-06-19 09:52 |
#3 Where does that leave war and psyops in the computer realm and tech realm also a mental disorder? |
Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 2018-06-19 09:45 |
#2 ...cause The Doctor can regenerate? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-06-19 07:50 |
#1 speaking of "disorders" why is WHO still alive? |
Posted by: Vinegar Whomoth6132 2018-06-19 07:36 |