The World Health Organisation (WHO) is already close to classifying “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition in its 2018 manual on diseases. In the beta draft of the WHO’s 11th update of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), gaming disorder has been included in the category of “mental, behavioural or neurodevelop­mental disorders”. The inclusion of gaming disorder into the list is significant given that the ICD is the international standard for defining health conditions and diseases. Hamzah Nazari, 32, noted that gaming addiction was a legitimate issue to be addressed. However, former active gamer Max Ooi, 28, believed calling the addiction a “gaming disorder” was misleading and might overshadow the benefits of gaming.

Source: The Star December 28, 2017 22:30 UTC