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"Video Games Addiction Is Officially A Mental Health Disorder Disease" - WHO by insightwithmary: 10:43pm On May 28, 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially added addiction to video games to the Mental Health Disorder diseases. In its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the addiction to digital and video games is described as “a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior” that becomes so extensive it “takes precedence over other life interests”.
The WHO’s expert on mental health and substance abuse, Shekhar Saxena, said some worst cases occur when a gamer plays for up to 20 hours
a day, forgoing sleep, meals, work or school and other daily activities.
Read the official definition of gaming disorder from the WHO:
“A pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior (‘digital gaming’ or ‘video-gaming’), which may be online (i.e., over the internet) or offline, manifested by: Impaired control over gaming (e.g., onset, frequency, intensity, duration, termination, context);

Increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities; and
Continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences. The behavior pattern is of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning.”

SOURCE: https://www.insightwithmary.com.ng/2019/05/video-games-addiction-is-officially.html

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Re: "Video Games Addiction Is Officially A Mental Health Disorder Disease" - WHO by falcon01: 11:22pm On May 28, 2019
that explains why i cant stop pubg
Re: "Video Games Addiction Is Officially A Mental Health Disorder Disease" - WHO by OpenYourEyes1: 8:00am On May 29, 2019
The prevention of addiction is simple: don't spend too much time on things that do not improve your life nor earn you regular income

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