There have been many articles coming out with the recent announcement by the World Health Organization naming “Compulsive Video Gaming” as a mental disorder. This is not a good thing. The fact that we’ve gotten to this point shows just how far we’ve gotten away from what matters and although it’s not too late to make this better, it’s going to take a lot of time, effort, energy, and people to get this right.
Here are a few articles talking about the recent announcement:
CBC – https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/who-declares-video-game-addiction-mental-disorder-1.4710500
Esquire – https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/a21595645/video-games-new-mental-health-disorder
BBC – https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42541404
NY Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/business/video-game-addiction.html
CNN – https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/18/health/video-game-disorder-who/index.html
Psychology Today – https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/modern-mentality/201803/world-health-organization-considers-gaming-disorder
JoyofAndroid – https://joyofandroid.com/mobile-gaming-addiction/