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Gambling, Gaming & Technology Use Community of Interest

The Gambling, Gaming & Technology Use Community of Interest brings together addiction and mental health service providers, researchers and subject matter experts in the fields of gambling, technology/Internet use and video gaming to collaborate and share knowledge on emerging trends and clinical best practices.

Reply to "Blog on WHO's decision to include gaming disorder in the ICD-11"

Great blog Lisa. You ask: What do you think the government and industry responsibility is to regulate video gaming and create less addictive games/apps?

I also wonder what the role of the industry should be.   Can/should they regulate themselves or should the government impose regulations?   The video game industry has  much to gain by encouraging/hooking players into ongoing and continuous play.  The Entertainment Software Association of Canada describes themselves as the voice of the Canadian video game industry and they strongly oppose the classification. 

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