Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so from a clinical and public health perspective

Commentary on: A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution (van Rooij et al., 2018)

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ID23370403
AutoresHans‐jürgen Rumpf (0000-0001-6848-920X, University of Lübeck, autor de correspondencia), Sophia Achab (0000-0002-3861-3297, University of Geneva), Joël Billieux (0000-0002-7388-6194, University of Luxembourg), Henrietta Bowden‐Jones (0000-0002-9314-3697, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust), Henrietta Bowden-Jones (Imperial College London), Natacha Carragher (0000-0002-7607-639X, Addiction Switzerland), Zsolt Demetrovics (0000-0001-5604-7551, Eötvös Loránd University), Susumu Higuchi (0000-0002-3241-4756, Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center), Daniel L King (0000-0002-1762-2581, The University of Adelaide), Karl Mann (0000-0002-2087-1976, Heidelberg University), Marc N Potenza (0000-0002-6323-1354, Yale University), Marc Potenza (11 Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Child Study Center, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA), Jennifer B Saunders (0000-0002-1824-1000, The University of Queensland), John B Saunders (The University of Queensland), M Abbott (0000-0003-1598-0390, Auckland University of Technology), Atul Ambekar (0000-0002-1116-7741, All India Institute of Medical Sciences), Osman Tolga Arıcak (0000-0001-8598-5539, Hasan Kalyoncu University), Osman Tolga Aricak (15 Department of Psychology, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey), Sawitri Assanangkornchai (0000-0003-2174-3287, Prince of Songkla University), Norharlina Bahar (0009-0008-1940-9953, Hospital Selayang), Guilherme Borges (0000-0002-8687-9452, 18 National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico), Matthias Brand (0000-0002-4831-9542, Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Elda M L Chan (0000-0002-6450-8837, Tung Wah Hospital), Elda Mei-Lo Chan (21 Integrated Centre on Addiction Prevention and Treatment, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Hong Kong SAR, China), Thomas Chung (0000-0002-4236-0739, Department of Health), Jeff Derevensky (McGill University), Ahmad El Kashef (Abu Dhabi National Oil (United Arab Emirates)), Michael Farrell (0000-0002-0634-9719, UNSW Sydney), Naomi Fineberg (0000-0003-1158-6900, University of Hertfordshire), Naomi A Fineberg (26 Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Hertfordshire, UK), Claudia Gandin (0000-0002-2039-1171, 28 National Centre on Addiction and Doping, National Observatory on Alcohol, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy), Douglas A Gentile (0000-0002-5934-2860, Iowa State University), Mark D Griffiths (0000-0001-8880-6524, Nottingham Trent University), A E Goudriaan (0000-0001-8670-9384, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), Marie Grall‐bronnec (0000-0003-0722-7243, Centre d'Investigation Clinique de Nantes), Marie Grall-Bronnec (32 Addictology and Psychiatry Department, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France), Wei Hao (0000-0001-9493-6894, Central South University), David C Hodgins (0000-0003-2737-5200, University of Calgary), Patrick Ip (0000-0002-6797-6898, 35 Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China), Ip Patrick (University of Hong Kong), Orsolya Király (0000-0001-9981-4212, Eötvös Loránd University), Hae‐Kook Lee (0000-0002-4985-001X, Catholic University of Korea), Hae Kook Lee (0000-0002-3941-2980, 36 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea), Daria J Ku (0000-0001-8917-782X, Nottingham Trent University), Daria Kuss (Nottingham Trent University), Jeroen S Lemmens (0000-0001-6088-8249, University of Amsterdam), Jiang Long (0000-0001-6571-0589, Central South University), Olatz López-Fernández (0000-0002-4294-9156, Nottingham Trent University), Satoko Mihara (0000-0003-4963-4373, Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center), Nancy M Petry (0000-0003-2462-1752, University of Connecticut), Halley M Pontes (0000-0001-8020-7623, Nottingham Trent University), Afarin Rahimi‐Movaghar (0000-0002-5761-1668, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar (Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Florian Rehbein (Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony), Jurgen Rehm (0000-0001-5665-0385, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Emanuele Scafato (0000-0001-5663-6751, 44 National Observatory on Alcohol, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy), Manoi Sharma (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences), Daniel Tornaim Spritzer (0000-0002-7408-6252), Daniel Spritzer (46 Study Group on Technological Addictions, Porto Alegre, Brazil), Dan J Stein (0000-0001-7218-7810, South African Medical Research Council), Philip Tam (48 Network for Internet Investigation and Research in Australia, The Delta Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia), Aviv Weinstein (0000-0002-9465-9943, Ariel University), Hans-Ulrich Wittchen (0000-0002-6311-7711, Technische Universität Dresden), Klaus Wölfling (0000-0001-9052-0701, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Daniele Zullino (0000-0003-2468-8965, 2 Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, Service of Addictology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland), Vladimir Poznyak (0000-0003-1817-583X, Addiction Switzerland)
Año2018
Volumen7
Número3
Páginas556-561
Fecha de publicación2018-07-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Behavioral Addictions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2062-5871 • E-ISSN: 2063-5303
EditorialAkademiai Kiado Zrt. (PUBLISHER • HU)
DOI10.1556/2006.7.2018.59
PMID30010410
OpenAlexW2882971704
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas76
Referencias citadas24

The proposed introduction of gaming disorder (GD) in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) has led to a lively debate over the past year. Besides the broad support for the decision in the academic press, a recent publication by van Rooij et al. (2018) repeated the criticism raised against the inclusion of GD in ICD-11 by Aarseth et al. (2017). We argue that this group of researchers fails to recognize the clinical and public health considerations, which support the WHO perspective. It is important to recognize a range of biases that may influence this debate; in particular, the gaming industry may wish to diminish its responsibility by claiming that GD is not a public health problem, a position which maybe supported by arguments from scholars based in media psychology, computer games research, communication science, and related disciplines. However, just as with any other disease or disorder in the ICD-11, the decision whether or not to include GD is based on clinical evidence and public health needs. Therefore, we reiterate our conclusion that including GD reflects the essence of the ICD and will facilitate treatment and prevention for those who need it.

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