Computer Gaming Disorder to Be Classified as an Illness

Computer Gaming Disorder to Be Classified as an Illness
Visitors play on a computer while visiting the Gamescom 2017 video gaming trade fair on Aug.22, 2017 in Cologne, Germany. Lukas Schulze/Getty Images
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After ten years of study, computer ‘gaming disorder’ will be listed as an illness by the World Health Organization for the first time next year.

WHO’s move to include computer gaming disorder in its International Classification of Diseases list comes after growing concern about the effects of gaming, especially among some Asian nations such as South Korea. South Korea has already introduced laws to limit access to computer games for children.