Saturday, 28 July 2018

Why Is There a ‘Gaming Disorder’ But No ‘Smartphone Disorder?’

Why Is There a ‘Gaming Disorder’ But No ‘Smartphone Disorder?’

The international health community has decided that if you play video games like Fortnite or World of Warcraft a lot, you might suffer from a mental-health issue: Gaming Disorder. It’s a behavioral condition that the World Health Organization has added to the proposed 11th revision of its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, or ICD-11, the first update to the classification since 1992.

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