A new report urges the American Medical Association to formally recognize game addiction as a genuine diagnosed disorder. According to Spong, the report in question is “Report Of The Council On Science And Public Health: Emotional and Behavioral Effects, Including Addictive Potential, of Video Games”.
The report goes on to urge the AMA to take certain actions, like providing families with education on the “appropriate use of video games,” determining the recommended amount of time per day someone should be allowed to play games (1 to 2 hours), and supporting increasing awareness that parents need to monitor their children’s game and Internet activity.
The report would have wide ranging implications within the law as the ever-growing list of lawyers attempting to blame videogames for crimes ranging from street robbery to mass murder, call on a medically-recognised disorder to bolster their defence.
I think People that want help should definitely have some available. Though the report sounds awfully non-specific to me, am addicted too.
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June 17th, 2007 at 3:32 am
I myself was a compulsive gamer for more than 4 years. I played World of Warcraft so much that I flunked out of college and ended up in a treatment center in Amsterdam. The director of the clinic, a man named Keith Bakker, should get a statue of his image in Times square.
He was the first to put 2 and 2 together. For me,gaming was a terrible addiction and if I had not recieved treatment for this I have no idea where I would be today. I applaud the fact that the AMA is taking this seriously. There are millions of kids that need help in America and if doctors would learn to identify this disorder at an early stage then maybe not everyone must loose educations before they can get help.
June 18th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I totally agree with you on the part where you said “…if doctors would learn to identify this disorder at an early stage then maybe not everyone must loose educations before they can get help…”. Seriously millions of kids around the world needs help.