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WHO claims gaming disorder is a mental health issue

article published on 19 June, 2018

According to the World Health Organization, 'Gaming disorder' is now a condition like gambling or hoarding. Gaming disorder has been included in the organization's eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The ICD is used by medical professionals worldwide as a baseline for the classification and identification of diseases and disorders. It characterizes ... [ read the full article ]

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nu2duo
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_ 		19. June 2018 @ 14:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I never understood the urge to game. Even casual gaming is boring AF to me. What a waste of time IMO. Especially if you're an adult.
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mightyzog
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_ 		23. June 2018 @ 01:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So deciding you are a gender that you?re not is ok, but deciding to play too much fortnite is a disorder?? This world is completely fucked up.
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hearme0
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_ 		26. June 2018 @ 12:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So is addiction to food and sex. So is picking at the skin constantly or pulling out eyelashes/hair, so is mood swings or "bipolar".

Needless to say, this isn't a worthy cause to investigate or waste time on.

Solid parenting will fix this up but sadly, many "parents" became as such unwittingly and are terrible at raising their kids right and with critical thinking skills as well as respect.
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