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from the today-I-learned-that-gaming-disorder-is-real dept.
Increase in gaming disorder in UK forcing people into private treatment at home or abroad
Jan Willem Poot, 40, a former addict turned entrepreneur who set up the clinic, said it was seeing a 20-30% annual increase in people – mainly young men – coming in with gaming dependency. "Also, in the beginning it was eight to 10 hours of playing but at this moment we have got kids who game 18-19 hours a day. They sometimes go weeks without showers and are not eating."
Gaming disorder is defined by the World Health Organization as a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour so severe that it takes "precedence over other life interests". Symptoms include impaired control over gaming and continuation or escalation of gaming despite negative consequences.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday August 19 2019, @03:29PM
This shows an astonishing lack of empathy and compassion.
Next, you'll say that offended "Social" "Media" "Influencers" should not be eligible for healthcare to treat their deeply offended condition. (please note that it is strictly necessary to separately quote each word of social media influencers.) When a business rejects a "proposal" to give the SMI free goods or services in exchange for the SMI accepting those goods or services, the amount of harm can be great enough to require hospitalization. And some means of transport to said hospital.
And what about Professional YouTubers who get demonitized and can't exercise their God Given Right to make money on YouTube -- which is a free public platform that dropped out of the heavens fully formed, intended for professional youtubers to build a successful career that is more profitable than skateboarding of gaming? Shouldn't they also be eligible for national healthcare?
What is the world coming to? What about the poor professional Internet Meme Creators? And Professional Career Students For Life?
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