Resumen de Gaming really can be bad for you
The World Health Organization is to include gaming disorder in its International Classification of Diseases for the first time. This widely used diagnostic manual was last updated in 1990, and the latest version--called ICD-11--is set to be published in 2018. The wording of the gaming disorder entry that will be included in ICD-11 is yet to be finalized, but the draft currently lists a variety of criteria clinicians could use to determine whether a person's gaming has become a serious health condition. According to this draft, someone has gaming disorder if they give increasing priority to gaming "to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests", and that they will continue to game despite negative consequences. Additionally, the draft says that adverse gaming behavior will normally need to have continued for at least a year before a person's diagnosis can be confirmed.
