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Addicted? V. WHO

As WHO puts gaming addiction in the mental health disorder list, a psychologist examines the passion of six gamers

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Jaymie Vaz

Jaymie Vaz

Though last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) included addiction to video games in its latest list of mental health diseases, not many are convinced by the tools of research used to study gaming as an addiction. While American Psychological Association’s Media Psychology and Technology division released a policy statement soon after, opposing WHO’s decision and describing the criteria used to determine the addiction as “muddled and unclear”, city psychologists have expressed similar concerns.

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