Current Events > Gaming disorder to be named a mental health condition for the first time by WHO.

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https://www.msn.com/en-ie/health/mindandbody/gaming-disorder-is-going-to-be-named-a-mental-health-condition-for-the-first-time/ar-BBH6lY2

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, guys.

"Gaming disorder is soon to be classified as a mental health condition for the very first time, the New Scientist reports.

The International Classification of Diseases is a diagnostic manual thats published by the World Health Organisation.

It was last updated 27 years ago, in 1990.

The eleventh edition of the manual is due to be published in 2018 and will include gaming disorder as a serious health condition to be monitored.

The wording of the gaming disorder hasnt been revealed yet.

However, the draft outlines the criteria needed to determine whether someone can be classed as having a gaming disorder.

Vladimir Poznyak, a member of the WHOs Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, spoke about the importance of recognising gaming disorder as an important issue.

Health professionals need to recognise that gaming disorder may have serious health consequences, he said.

Most people who play video games dont have a disorder, just like most people who drink alcohol dont have a disorder either. However, in certain circumstances overuse can lead to adverse effects.

Last year, researchers from the University of Oxfords Internet Institute undertook a study to investigate the percentage of gamers who are addicted to video games.

The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, found that only 2 to 3 per cent of the 19,000 men and women surveyed from the UK, the US, Canada and Germany admitted that they experienced five or more of the symptoms from the American Psychiatric Association checklist of health symptoms.

A few years ago, the APA created a list of nine standard symptoms that could determine internet gaming disorder. These symptoms include anxiety, withdrawal symptoms and antisocial behaviour.

Dr Andrew Przybylski, lead author from the University of Oxford study, discussed their findings.

To our knowledge, these are the first findings from a large-scale project to produce robust evidence on the potential new problem of internet gaming disorder, he said.

Contrary to what was predicted, the study did not find a clear link between potential addiction and negative effects on health; however, more research grounded in open and robust scientific practices is needed to learn if games are truly as addictive as many fear.

While some may debate whether gaming does pose a threat to mental health, the amount of time many people spend playing video games is astounding.

When researchers from ESET polled 500 gamers, they discovered that 10 per cent admitted to spending between 12 and 24 hours glued to their video game screens.

Gaming is highly addictive, and it is no wonder so many respondents from our study admit to playing them for so long, said Mark James, a security specialist at ESET."

They aren't wrong. Those Koreans that go days on end without sleep die of heart failure in those internet cafs
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Who? Who? Who?
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time to quit my job and game all day and collect disability
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Cocytus posted...

When researchers from ESET polled 500 gamers, they discovered that 10 per cent admitted to spending between 12 and 24 hours glued to their video game screens.

What's wrong with this?
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REMercsChamp posted...

Cocytus posted...

When researchers from ESET polled 500 gamers, they discovered that 10 per cent admitted to spending between 12 and 24 hours glued to their video game screens.

What's wrong with this?

It's an obsession
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REMercsChamp posted...

Cocytus posted...

When researchers from ESET polled 500 gamers, they discovered that 10 per cent admitted to spending between 12 and 24 hours glued to their video game screens.

What's wrong with this?

an actual life should limit this.

I dumped my last girlfriend because she couldn't deal with me playing video games 12 hours on Saturdays. It's perfectly normal.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Cocytus posted...

When researchers from ESET polled 500 gamers, they discovered that 10 per cent admitted to spending between 12 and 24 hours glued to their video game screens.

What's wrong with this?

Could have negative consequences on your health.

It feels weird to specifically call it a disorder. Obsessiveness itself is what should be classified as a disorder. Games are just one of many vehicles it can use to mess someone up.

Time to quit my job and let the disability NEETbux roll in.
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Guess CE can't attack trans people for mental illnesses anymore, eh? (I'm kidding, I know they will)

Also I've always thought that the first step to treating a problem is to acquire one
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darkphoenix181 posted...

time to quit my job and game all day and collect disability

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Brb. Applying for disability
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how many times we gonna have this thread
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500 person sample size, from where?
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