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Inclusion of gaming disorder criteria in ICD-11: A clinical perspective in favor
Commentary on: Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal (Aarseth et al.)
The latest beta draft version of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which was released in October 2016, included the definition of a new disorder, “gaming disorder” (GD) ( World Health Organization
ICD-11 Gaming Disorder: Needed and just in time or dangerous and much too early?
Commentary on: Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal (Aarseth et al.)
The Issue In their open debate paper on the proposal for the introduction of “Gaming Disorder” as a new diagnostic category in WHO ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases, 11th revision), Aarseth et al. ( 2016 ) send a
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)
Introduction Over the past year, there has been a lively debate concerning the inclusion of gaming disorder (GD) in the draft of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) by the World Health
This debate paper is a copy of a letter that the authors sent to the WHO Topic advisory group on Mental Health under the subject header “Gaming Disorder in ICD-11: Letter of concern” on November 9, 2016. It reflects the personal opinion of
behavioral addiction concepts as specified in the ICD-11 for gaming disorder (GD; WHO, 2018 ), these have not yet been applied in a structured and thus reproducible manner. Accordingly, problematic users could be characterized by an impaired control over
Behavioral addictions in the ICD-11: An important debate that is anticipated to continue for some time
Commentary to the debate: “Behavioral addictions in the ICD-11”
-11 includes the category “disorders due to addictive behaviors” with gambling disorder and gaming disorder as the two behavioral addictions that are now officially recognized. Prior to the inclusion of gaming disorder in ICD-11, there have been
gaming. The diagnosis Gaming Disorder (GD) has been recently included in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Accordingly, the following criteria concerning the on-/off-line gaming behavior must be continuously or
Health Organization (WHO) included gaming disorder (GD) as a disorder due to addictive behaviors in the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) in May 2019 ( WHO, 2019 ). The decision to do so was based on the
Introduction Gambling and gaming disorders have been designated as “disorders due to addictive behaviors” in the eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) ( World Health Organization
Introduction In 2019, the World Health Organizations member states endorsed the ICD-11 ( World Health Organization, 2019 ), which came into effect as a basis for statistical reporting by WHO member states on 1 January 2022 ( World Health
