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Lack of funds in NHS to treat gaming disorder in UK NHS

posted by Fnord666 on Monday August 19 2019, @07:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the today-I-learned-that-gaming-disorder-is-real dept.

barbara hudson writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday August 19 2019, @05:41PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday August 19 2019, @05:41PM (#882234) Journal

    And addiction is defined by consequences.

    If it's ruining your life then it's bad regardless of how trivial you may think the addictive behavior is.

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