Video games 'as addictive as cocaine or gambling'

NEWS: Online and offline "gaming disorder" has been revised in an update of the International Classification of Diseases.

องค์การอนามัยโลกกล่าวว่า ขณะนี้การเล่นวิดิโอเกมอย่างควบคุมไม่ได้นั้นจัดว่าเป็นปัญหาสุขภาพจิตชนิดใหม่แล้ว

องค์การอนามัยโลกกล่าวว่า ขณะนี้การเล่นวิดิโอเกมอย่างควบคุมไม่ได้นั้นจัดว่าเป็นปัญหาสุขภาพจิตชนิดใหม่แล้ว Source: AAP

Video gaming can be addictive in the same way as cocaine or gambling, the World Health Organization said Monday in a much anticipated update of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).

"After consulting with experts across the world, and reviewing evidence in an exhaustive manner, we decided that this condition should be added," Shekhar Saxena, director of the WHO's department of mental health and substance abuse, told AFP.

You can read the full article in English on SBS News here.


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Source: AAP, AFP, SBS News, AP

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