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Game Addiction Criteria May Misdiagnose Gamers
At the beginning of 2017, I broke down a research paper demonstrating the positive mental health benefits of online gaming. The findings of this paper questioned the validity of the diagnostic criteria for…
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The Psychology of Gaming Disorder
On June 18th 2018, the International Classification of Diseases 11 (ICD-11) was published by the World Health Organisation. This diagnostic manual, currently only available to stakeholders for adaptation, has legitimised ‘Gaming Disorder’ as…
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Online Gaming Protects Against Poor Mental Wellbeing
While doing PhD work, I came across a paper titled ‘Video gaming in a hyperconnected world: A cross-sectional study of heavy gaming, problematic gaming symptoms, and online socializing in adolescents’. After seeing my…
