Why it's too soon to classify gaming addiction as a mental disorder | Science | The Gua... - 0 views
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In Europe, recent figures indicate that games are played by more than two thirds of children and adolescents, and a substantial number of adults now play games
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30 academics wrote a paper in which they opposed the gaming disorder classification, arguing there was a lack of consensus among researchers who study games and that the quality of the evidence base was low.
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gaming disorder in the WHO draft are very similar to those used to define gambling disorder. It’s an interesting approach, but it risks pathologising behaviours that are normal for hundreds of millions of regular gamers.
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