Clinical Gaming Behavior
A Clinical Gaming Behavior is a gaming behavior that is a clinical behavior.
- See: Gaming Disorder, Addiction.
References
2018
- http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/gaming_disorders/en/
- QUOTE: Clinical cases of gaming behaviour leading to distress or significant impairment in functioning have been reported in the academic press and clinical practice for many years. In 2013 “Internet Gaming Disorder” was included in the classification of mental and behavioural disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5) as a condition for further study. ...
... Gaming disorder, with its online and offline variants, has been included in the draft of the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as a clinically recognizable and clinically significant syndrome, when the pattern of gaming behaviour is of such a nature and intensity that it results in marked distress or significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational or occupational functioning.
- QUOTE: Clinical cases of gaming behaviour leading to distress or significant impairment in functioning have been reported in the academic press and clinical practice for many years. In 2013 “Internet Gaming Disorder” was included in the classification of mental and behavioural disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5) as a condition for further study. ...