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Gaming addiction
Video
/ internet gaming addiction, or more broadly video game overuse, is
excessive or compulsive use of computer and video games that interferes
with daily life. Instances have been reported in which users play
compulsively, isolating themselves from family and friends or from other
forms of social contact, and focus almost entirely on in-game achievements
rather than other life events. There is no formal diagnosis of video
game addiction in current medical or psychological literature.
Inclusion of it as a psychological disorder has been proposed and rejected
for the next version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM)
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