TY - JOUR
T1 - Inclusion of gaming disorder in the diagnostic classifications and promotion of public health response
AU - Shadloo, Behrang
AU - Farnam, Rabert
AU - Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh
AU - Hamzehzadeh, Marziyeh
AU - Rafiemanesh, Hosein
AU - Jobehdar, Maral Mardaneh
AU - Ghani, Kamyar
AU - Charkhgard, Nader
AU - Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - There are ongoing controversies regarding the upcoming ICD-11 concept of gaming disorder. Recently, Aarseth et al. have put this diagnostic entity into scrutiny. Although we, a group of Iranian researchers and clinicians, acknowledge some of Aarseth et al.'s concerns, believe that the inclusion of gaming disorder in the upcoming ICD-11 would facilitate necessary steps to raise public awareness, enhance development of proper diagnostic approaches and treatment interventions, and improve health and non-health policies.
AB - There are ongoing controversies regarding the upcoming ICD-11 concept of gaming disorder. Recently, Aarseth et al. have put this diagnostic entity into scrutiny. Although we, a group of Iranian researchers and clinicians, acknowledge some of Aarseth et al.'s concerns, believe that the inclusion of gaming disorder in the upcoming ICD-11 would facilitate necessary steps to raise public awareness, enhance development of proper diagnostic approaches and treatment interventions, and improve health and non-health policies.
KW - Addictive behaviors
KW - Behavioral addictions
KW - Non-substance-related disorders
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U2 - 10.1556/2006.6.2017.048
DO - 10.1556/2006.6.2017.048
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28816499
AN - SCOPUS:85031761567
SN - 2062-5871
VL - 6
SP - 310
EP - 312
JO - Journal of Behavioral Addictions
JF - Journal of Behavioral Addictions
IS - 3
ER -