Gaming disorder

What is gaming disorder? Gaming disorder is defined in the draft 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as a pattern of gaming behavior ( “digital-gaming” or “video-gaming”) characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence o f negative consequences.
Source: WHO Feature Stories - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: mental health [subject], mental health promotion, Q & A [doctype] Source Type: news