Can't stop playing PUBG? WHO says it may be a disease
| May 28, 2019, 18:03 IST
Our country is currently divided over the growing concerns and warnings about video game addictions. Many says, it could very well be a disease. A quarter of a billion-strong gaming community doesn’t agree. A staunch gamer will tell you that playing video games helps with critical thinking and decision making. But the World Health Organisation doesn’t agree. It has labeled excessive gaming as a disorder.
Gaming disorder is characterised by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour which may or may not be online. It is defined by WHO as manifested by impaired control over gaming, increased priority is given to gaming, continuation despite negative consequences. The revised ICD-11 will come into effect on 1 January 2022.