gaming disorder

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Pathology

loss of white-matter integrity in striatal areas associated with addiction & reward processing
excessive video gaming may be an addiction^[1]^[2]

more hours of video gaming in children are linked to lower verbal IQ
may increase risk of ADHD^[3]
links to physical, social, & mental health outcomes mixed regarding internet gaming disorder^[4]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Takeuchi H et al. Impact of videogame play on the brain's microstructural properties: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Mol Psychiatry 2016 Jan 5 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26728566
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Young K, Fairchild DG WHO Proposes Adding Video-Game Addiction to Mental Health Disorders. Physician's First Watch, Jan 2, 2018 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
ICD11-beta Draft. 6D11 Gaming disorder https://icd.who.int/dev11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1448597234
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Ra CK, Cho J, Stone MD et al Association of Digital Media Use With Subsequent Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among Adolescents. JAMA. 2018;320(3):255-263 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30027248 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2687861
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Przybylski AK et al. Internet gaming disorder: Investigating the clinical relevance of a new phenomenon. Am J Psychiatry 2016 Nov 4; PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27809571