TY - JOUR
T1 - Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so from a clinical and public health perspective: Commentary on: A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution (van Rooij et al., 2018)
T2 - Commentary on: A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution (van Rooij et al., 2018)
AU - Rumpf, Hans-J. rgen
AU - Achab, Sophia
AU - Billieux, Joël
AU - Bowden-Jones, Henrietta
AU - Carragher, Natacha
AU - Demetrovics, Zsolt
AU - Higuchi, Susumu
AU - King, Daniel L.
AU - Mann, Karl
AU - Potenza, Marc
AU - Saunders, John B.
AU - Abbott, Max
AU - Ambekar, Atul
AU - Aricak, Osman Tolga
AU - Assanangkornchai, Sawitri
AU - Bahar, Norharlina
AU - Borges, Guilherme
AU - Brand, Matthias
AU - Mei-Lo Chan, Elda
AU - Chung, Thomas
AU - Derevensky, Jeff
AU - el Kashef, Ahmad
AU - Farrell, Michael
AU - Fineberg, Naomi A.
AU - Gandin, Claudia
AU - Gentile, Douglas A.
AU - Griffiths, Mark D.
AU - Goudriaan, Anna E.
AU - Grall-Bronnec, Marie
AU - Hao, Wei
AU - Hodgins, David C.
AU - Ip, Patrick
AU - Király, Orsolya
AU - Lee, Hae Kook
AU - Kuss, Daria
AU - Lemmens, Jeroen S.
AU - Long, Jiang
AU - Lopez-Fernandez, Olatz
AU - Mihara, Satoko
AU - Petry, Nancy M.
AU - Pontes, Halley M.
AU - Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
AU - Rehbein, Florian
AU - Rehm, J. rgen
AU - Scafato, Emanuele
AU - Sharma, Manoi
AU - Spritzer, Daniel
AU - Stein, Dan J.
AU - Tam, Philip
AU - Weinstein, Aviv
AU - Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich
AU - Wölfling, Klaus
AU - Zullino, Daniele
AU - Poznyak, Vladimir
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - The proposed introduction of gaming disorder (GD) in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) has led to a lively debate over the past year. Besides the broad support for the decision in the academic press, a recent publication by van Rooij et al. (2018) repeated the criticism raised against the inclusion of GD in ICD-11 by Aarseth et al. (2017). We argue that this group of researchers fails to recognize the clinical and public health considerations, which support the WHO perspective. It is important to recognize a range of biases that may influence this debate; in particular, the gaming industry may wish to diminish its responsibility by claiming that GD is not a public health problem, a position which maybe supported by arguments from scholars based in media psychology, computer games research, communication science, and related disciplines. However, just as with any other disease or disorder in the ICD-11, the decision whether or not to include GD is based on clinical evidence and public health needs. Therefore, we reiterate our conclusion that including GD reflects the essence of the ICD and will facilitate treatment and prevention for those who need it.
AB - The proposed introduction of gaming disorder (GD) in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) has led to a lively debate over the past year. Besides the broad support for the decision in the academic press, a recent publication by van Rooij et al. (2018) repeated the criticism raised against the inclusion of GD in ICD-11 by Aarseth et al. (2017). We argue that this group of researchers fails to recognize the clinical and public health considerations, which support the WHO perspective. It is important to recognize a range of biases that may influence this debate; in particular, the gaming industry may wish to diminish its responsibility by claiming that GD is not a public health problem, a position which maybe supported by arguments from scholars based in media psychology, computer games research, communication science, and related disciplines. However, just as with any other disease or disorder in the ICD-11, the decision whether or not to include GD is based on clinical evidence and public health needs. Therefore, we reiterate our conclusion that including GD reflects the essence of the ICD and will facilitate treatment and prevention for those who need it.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30010410
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.59
DO - https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.59
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30010410
SN - 2062-5871
VL - 7
SP - 556
EP - 561
JO - Journal of Behavioral Addictions
JF - Journal of Behavioral Addictions
IS - 3
ER -