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WHO to classify gaming addiction as a mental disorder
The World Health Organization (WHO) released the latest edition of its International Compendium of Diseases, adding “gaming disorder” and “hazardous gaming” to the updated version.
According to WHO's definition, the disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour (‘digital gaming’ or ‘video-gaming’), which may be online (i.e., over the internet) or offline, manifested by "impaired control...