The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the overreliance on games by this disease. Now too active gamers in some countries can get a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Compulsive gambling (we are not talking about gambling) in the interpretation of the WHO is characterized by the following symptoms, which usually go in a certain sequence:
- Violation of the regime because of the fascination games.
- Games are a top priority in life, replacing the basic needs of the individual in society.
- Increased dependence on games, despite the negative impact of human life. The individual loses control over his actions, his social position deteriorates and moral health, and independently stop playing he can not due to become dependent.
The very dependent on video games is determined mainly on the "gambler method." According to WHO, the dependence of the gaming context - a disorder caused by addiction is marked and clinically significant syndrome; is a sickness or interference in personal and social life of man; It develops as a result of repetitive actions, not related to the consumption of addictive substances; It includes conduct disorder in the online space and in real life.
"Game breakdown" and its symptoms with the consequences already included in the International Classification of Diseases from June 18, 2018. Nevertheless, we should not blame all their friends gamers in Gambling Addiction. Sami representatives of the WHO, in particular Dr Vladimir Poznyak, note that the prevalence of the disease is very low, even among the millions of people playing all over the world.