Yes, it is very much true that ‘World Health Organization’ official Announed ‘Gaming Disorder‘ as a Disease lately in one conference. The World Health Organization Says,

People with the condition could see “significant impairment” in their personal and professional lives.

According to the New List Released by ‘WHO’ about the list of Classified List, Gaming Disorder is included in it. A darft of WHO describes this by a “pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour” online or offline.

The Description of the Gaming Disorder further include the following characterstics.

• Impaired control over gaming
• Gamers give priority to gaming further to an extent that they forget about their real life and daily activities.
• Continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences

All those poeople who are suffering from ‘Gaming Disorders’ runs the risk of getting totally break away from the personal family, social, education and occupational lives. Further on, the committee added that the people suffereing from Gaming Disorder faces these Issues repeatedly or more often in the gaps.

WHO also has a liting for “hazardous gaming” quoting to which the organization says “refers to a pattern of gaming, either online or offline that appreciably increases the risk of harmful physical or mental health consequences to the individual or to others around this individual.”

The World Health Organization also added that we know gaming is not to an extent is bad for the people as today’s education is also based on the techniques of it to make the learning more interactive, but the situation gets worsen up if the kids are playing it for long hours. REcent Study Shows that, the Simple game of chrome dino gets the 1 million hits from the Users of Internet on a monthly basis, and the majority of the people playing it are above 20 years of age.

After the WHO Statement released, not many of the gamers are supporting it. The Entertainment Software Association, which represents the video game industry’s interests in Washington DC and organizes E3 every year, said the move “recklessly trivializes real mental health issues.”

Why is gaming disorder being included in ICD-11?

A decision of Including Gaming Disorder in ICD-11 by WHO is based on the reviews of the available evidence and the expert’s study. According to this Inclusion, the people who are suffereing from ‘Gaming Disorder’ or health problems  identical to those characteristic of gaming disorder in many parts of the world will have to go through a proper treatment program, which results in the increased attention to thier daily routines.

Should all people who engage in gaming be concerned about developing gaming disorder?

No, all people are not enganged in gaming be considered under ‘Gaming Disorder’. Only those people Who are playing long hours of Video gaming, or engaged  in digital- or video-gaming activities for longer period of hours without looking for their daily activities. But for those who are playing for limited hours, they should keep track of their playing time as this disease comes with no warning and eventually you find yourself caught around without being knowing to the situation.

The latest ICD draft is not yet published, so things could change regarding its content and language. We’ll report back with more details as they become available.

What do you think of “Gaming Disorder” Is it Correct? or is it totally abusive to gamer’s Community? Since Childhood Gaming has been a part of us, but as the technology evolves, it changes immensely. Today’s gamer spend more times playing games on PS/Xbox/PS4 rather enjoying outdoor games. Share your Personal views abou it and Please write back to us in comments.