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Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal

Concerns about problematic gaming behaviors deserve our full attention. However, we claim that it is far from clear that these problems can or should be attributed to a new disorder. The empirical basis for a Gaming Disorder proposal, such as in the new ICD-11, suffers from fundamental issues. Our m...

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Autores principales: Aarseth, Espen, Bean, Anthony M., Boonen, Huub, Colder Carras, Michelle, Coulson, Mark, Das, Dimitri, Deleuze, Jory, Dunkels, Elza, Edman, Johan, Ferguson, Christopher J., Haagsma, Maria C., Helmersson Bergmark, Karin, Hussain, Zaheer, Jansz, Jeroen, Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel, Kutner, Lawrence, Markey, Patrick, Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal, Prause, Nicole, Przybylski, Andrew, Quandt, Thorsten, Schimmenti, Adriano, Starcevic, Vladan, Stutman, Gabrielle, Van Looy, Jan, Van Rooij, Antonius J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Akadémiai Kiadó 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28033714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.5.2016.088
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author Aarseth, Espen
Bean, Anthony M.
Boonen, Huub
Colder Carras, Michelle
Coulson, Mark
Das, Dimitri
Deleuze, Jory
Dunkels, Elza
Edman, Johan
Ferguson, Christopher J.
Haagsma, Maria C.
Helmersson Bergmark, Karin
Hussain, Zaheer
Jansz, Jeroen
Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel
Kutner, Lawrence
Markey, Patrick
Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal
Prause, Nicole
Przybylski, Andrew
Quandt, Thorsten
Schimmenti, Adriano
Starcevic, Vladan
Stutman, Gabrielle
Van Looy, Jan
Van Rooij, Antonius J.
author_facet Aarseth, Espen
Bean, Anthony M.
Boonen, Huub
Colder Carras, Michelle
Coulson, Mark
Das, Dimitri
Deleuze, Jory
Dunkels, Elza
Edman, Johan
Ferguson, Christopher J.
Haagsma, Maria C.
Helmersson Bergmark, Karin
Hussain, Zaheer
Jansz, Jeroen
Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel
Kutner, Lawrence
Markey, Patrick
Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal
Prause, Nicole
Przybylski, Andrew
Quandt, Thorsten
Schimmenti, Adriano
Starcevic, Vladan
Stutman, Gabrielle
Van Looy, Jan
Van Rooij, Antonius J.
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description Concerns about problematic gaming behaviors deserve our full attention. However, we claim that it is far from clear that these problems can or should be attributed to a new disorder. The empirical basis for a Gaming Disorder proposal, such as in the new ICD-11, suffers from fundamental issues. Our main concerns are the low quality of the research base, the fact that the current operationalization leans too heavily on substance use and gambling criteria, and the lack of consensus on symptomatology and assessment of problematic gaming. The act of formalizing this disorder, even as a proposal, has negative medical, scientific, public-health, societal, and human rights fallout that should be considered. Of particular concern are moral panics around the harm of video gaming. They might result in premature application of diagnosis in the medical community and the treatment of abundant false-positive cases, especially for children and adolescents. Second, research will be locked into a confirmatory approach, rather than an exploration of the boundaries of normal versus pathological. Third, the healthy majority of gamers will be affected negatively. We expect that the premature inclusion of Gaming Disorder as a diagnosis in ICD-11 will cause significant stigma to the millions of children who play video games as a part of a normal, healthy life. At this point, suggesting formal diagnoses and categories is premature: the ICD-11 proposal for Gaming Disorder should be removed to avoid a waste of public health resources as well as to avoid causing harm to healthy video gamers around the world.
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spelling pubmed-57007342017-12-01 Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal Aarseth, Espen Bean, Anthony M. Boonen, Huub Colder Carras, Michelle Coulson, Mark Das, Dimitri Deleuze, Jory Dunkels, Elza Edman, Johan Ferguson, Christopher J. Haagsma, Maria C. Helmersson Bergmark, Karin Hussain, Zaheer Jansz, Jeroen Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel Kutner, Lawrence Markey, Patrick Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal Prause, Nicole Przybylski, Andrew Quandt, Thorsten Schimmenti, Adriano Starcevic, Vladan Stutman, Gabrielle Van Looy, Jan Van Rooij, Antonius J. J Behav Addict Debate Concerns about problematic gaming behaviors deserve our full attention. However, we claim that it is far from clear that these problems can or should be attributed to a new disorder. The empirical basis for a Gaming Disorder proposal, such as in the new ICD-11, suffers from fundamental issues. Our main concerns are the low quality of the research base, the fact that the current operationalization leans too heavily on substance use and gambling criteria, and the lack of consensus on symptomatology and assessment of problematic gaming. The act of formalizing this disorder, even as a proposal, has negative medical, scientific, public-health, societal, and human rights fallout that should be considered. Of particular concern are moral panics around the harm of video gaming. They might result in premature application of diagnosis in the medical community and the treatment of abundant false-positive cases, especially for children and adolescents. Second, research will be locked into a confirmatory approach, rather than an exploration of the boundaries of normal versus pathological. Third, the healthy majority of gamers will be affected negatively. We expect that the premature inclusion of Gaming Disorder as a diagnosis in ICD-11 will cause significant stigma to the millions of children who play video games as a part of a normal, healthy life. At this point, suggesting formal diagnoses and categories is premature: the ICD-11 proposal for Gaming Disorder should be removed to avoid a waste of public health resources as well as to avoid causing harm to healthy video gamers around the world. Akadémiai Kiadó 2017-09-26 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5700734/ /pubmed/28033714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.5.2016.088 Text en © 2016 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Debate
Aarseth, Espen
Bean, Anthony M.
Boonen, Huub
Colder Carras, Michelle
Coulson, Mark
Das, Dimitri
Deleuze, Jory
Dunkels, Elza
Edman, Johan
Ferguson, Christopher J.
Haagsma, Maria C.
Helmersson Bergmark, Karin
Hussain, Zaheer
Jansz, Jeroen
Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel
Kutner, Lawrence
Markey, Patrick
Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal
Prause, Nicole
Przybylski, Andrew
Quandt, Thorsten
Schimmenti, Adriano
Starcevic, Vladan
Stutman, Gabrielle
Van Looy, Jan
Van Rooij, Antonius J.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28033714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.5.2016.088
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