Uncontrolled Gaming: hailed by WHO as a Disorder
When your gaming habit takes over your life causing serious damage to your personal and social affairs, you can always deny that there is a problem, but the World Health Organization (WHO) will tell you that it's a disorder. And like any other kind of disorder, it needs treatment.
@healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan
Playing video game is a common staple of The modern homo sapiens. In fact, more than 1 billion people play video or digital games worldwide. If you're one of these billion gamers, it doesn't mean that you have "gaming disorder." There are numerous studies claiming the positive side of playing video games, but like any other stuff we consume in excess, things can go out of hand.
Gaming Disorder
According to the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) created by the WHO, gaming disorder is "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 of negative consequences."
To make it simple, gaming disorder is when your gaming is self-destructive but you are unable to stop.
When does gaming becomes a disorder?
We could occasionally be guilty of not doing a homework or finishing a project because we've had a rough night playing some pretty awesome game, but, it doesn't mean that you are automatically diagnosed with "gaming disorder".
In order to be diagnosed of gaming disorder, your gaming pattern has to take over your life that it causes serious disability which is happening for a minimum of 1 year.
Sure, missing 1 homework because of playing video game is not a disorder. But, if you are constantly missing out and even failing your grades at school because you'd rather play your damn game that study and it's been happening for a year, you know you've got to have some form of a disorder. Yep, gaming disorder.
Why is gaming a disorder?
WHO recognizes that uncontrolled gaming can have detrimental effects to a person and those around him/her. Coming up with "gaming disorder" is not a way to put stigma to gaming but this is an initiative to see uncontrolled gaming as a behavior that should be acted on because it does have it's share of negative consequences.
Notes:
International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is the international standard created by the World Health Organization (WHO) for classifying diseases and health problems.
Resources:
http://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/
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| Uncontrolled Gaming: hailed by WHO as a Disorders |
@healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan
Playing video game is a common staple of The modern homo sapiens. In fact, more than 1 billion people play video or digital games worldwide. If you're one of these billion gamers, it doesn't mean that you have "gaming disorder." There are numerous studies claiming the positive side of playing video games, but like any other stuff we consume in excess, things can go out of hand.
Gaming Disorder
According to the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) created by the WHO, gaming disorder is "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 of negative consequences."
To make it simple, gaming disorder is when your gaming is self-destructive but you are unable to stop.
When does gaming becomes a disorder?
We could occasionally be guilty of not doing a homework or finishing a project because we've had a rough night playing some pretty awesome game, but, it doesn't mean that you are automatically diagnosed with "gaming disorder".
In order to be diagnosed of gaming disorder, your gaming pattern has to take over your life that it causes serious disability which is happening for a minimum of 1 year.
Sure, missing 1 homework because of playing video game is not a disorder. But, if you are constantly missing out and even failing your grades at school because you'd rather play your damn game that study and it's been happening for a year, you know you've got to have some form of a disorder. Yep, gaming disorder.
You got to know that there is a problem when your gaming becomes a disability rather than a hobby.
Why is gaming a disorder?
WHO recognizes that uncontrolled gaming can have detrimental effects to a person and those around him/her. Coming up with "gaming disorder" is not a way to put stigma to gaming but this is an initiative to see uncontrolled gaming as a behavior that should be acted on because it does have it's share of negative consequences.
Notes:
International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is the international standard created by the World Health Organization (WHO) for classifying diseases and health problems.
Resources:
http://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/
