Til trods for at være blevet udsat for kritik fra mange leder og kanter har World Health Organization (WHO) nu udgivet d. 11 udgave af deres ICD-rapport, der officielt hedder International Classification of Diseases, og her fremgår det officielt, at "Gaming Disorder" nu anses som en sygdom på linje med ludomani.
Diagnosen lyder som følger:
"1) impaired control over gaming (e.g., onset, frequency, intensity, duration, termination, context); 2) increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities; and 3) continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences."
Ikke bare har psykologer og prominente figurer indenfor psykiatrien kaldt det at inkludere diagnosen "premature", også en række interesseorganisationer, deriblandt UKIE og ESA, har underskrevet en fælles meddelelse, som er første led i en koalition.
"Video games across all kinds of genres, devices and platforms are enjoyed safely and sensibly by more than 2 billion people worldwide, with the educational, therapeutic, and recreational value of games being well-founded and widely recognised. We are therefore concerned to see 'gaming disorder' still contained in the latest version of the WHO's ICD-11 despite significant opposition from the medical and scientific community. The evidence for its inclusion remains highly contested and inconclusive. We hope that the WHO will reconsider the mounting evidence put before them before proposing inclusion of 'gaming disorder' in the final version of ICD-11 to be endorsed next year."
"We understand that our industry and supporters around the world will continue raising their voices in opposition to this move and urge the WHO to avoid taking steps that would have unjustified implications for national health systems across the world."
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