The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially deemed excessive computer gaming to be a disorder, according to the BBC.
Its 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) will include the condition "gaming disorder".
The draft document describes it as a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour so severe that it takes "precedence over other life interests".
The BBC article does a good job of avoiding internet panic by listing some problems with the WHO statement: misdiagnoses, and the DSM not agreeing.
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