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.
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CTV interview Should addiction to video games be considered a disease?
Yesterday morning, fresh off the heels of his attendance at the Royal Wedding, Ben Mulroney interviewed me about the inclusion of video game disorder into the ICD-11. Have a look:
What do you think? Should it be classified as a disease?
Great interview, Lisa! Lots of important information.
Here's a brief article that highlights some of the negative consequences from the perspective of people with lived experience. This article also highlights the website/resource "Game Quitters".
Here's another interesting article (academic article) looking at Internet Gaming Disorder. This systematic review focuses on definitions, symptoms, prevalence, and aetiology.
This is an article that features the concerns some scholars have about gaming being included in the ICD-11: "Scholars' open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal"
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