Internet Gaming Disorder

Internet gaming disorder has been described as a condition needing further research for several years now. Back in 2013, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5 put that description on paper. And in 2018, the World Health Organization placed internet gaming disorder as a diagnosable condition in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases. In fact, the actual people who will have this are going to be a small subset of the population, because, most people won’t have this level of obsessive behavior. People who only hear headlines maybe under-informed as to what internet gaming disorder really is. It’s probably not describing a kid who wants to play games with his friends after school, who day dreams about the game during class sometimes, but is overall a functional person who is OK if they don’t play games for a couple of days. Who can comply with their responsibilities.