WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition

Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by singularity2001 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @09:10AM (#16035280)

The underlying root cause often is loneliness. Many addictions are just symptoms of loneliness.

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Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by VoodooJuJu on Saturday December 30, 2017 @11:42AM (#16035966)

There is some merit to this. The Rat Park experiment comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park

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Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by laretluval on Saturday December 30, 2017 @11:49AM (#16036008)

Lots of difficulties replicating Rat Park.

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Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by hhmc on Saturday December 30, 2017 @10:08AM (#16035537)

I'm unconvinced this is true for physiological addiction (e.g. opiates).

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Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by pantalaimon on Saturday December 30, 2017 @10:12AM (#16035554)

You still need a reason to regularly take them in the first place, before the physical addiction kicks in.

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Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by hhmc on Saturday December 30, 2017 @10:30AM (#16035622)

I still remain unconvinced that loneliness is the primary precursor for alcohol, opiates, etc.

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Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by H99189 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @01:13PM (#16036484)

I've heard from (a random Youtube video) that opiates mimic/activate some of the same brain circuits as pleasant socializing.

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Re:WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition by somenewacc on Saturday December 30, 2017 @06:24PM (#16038301)

For opiates, the reason is often being prescribed them for pain.

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