Post by Maeve on Jul 3, 2007 17:20:13 GMT -5
Caught a blurb in a journal recently that I found interesting. The American Medical Association is evidently considering making "video game addiction" a valid diagnosis including an ICD-9 code (its a universal code for diagnosis/billing). The article I saw made it akin to addiction to illicit drugs, alcohol, etc. You can read their thoughts here:AMA researching video game addiction.
It is an interesting thought, I suppose, as I have known some people who definitely seem to have no life outside of some of the online games. I have no idea what the proposed treatment would be. Funny thing is that this particular blurb relates it to a problem with kids and advised parents to monitor their children. They are obviously unaware that the average online player is 30 years old, I believe. Sigh, the AMA doesn't have any idea what a big can of worms they are playing with here and I am sure could make better use of their time. Wonder if a person will be able to get disability based on video game addiction....
It is an interesting thought, I suppose, as I have known some people who definitely seem to have no life outside of some of the online games. I have no idea what the proposed treatment would be. Funny thing is that this particular blurb relates it to a problem with kids and advised parents to monitor their children. They are obviously unaware that the average online player is 30 years old, I believe. Sigh, the AMA doesn't have any idea what a big can of worms they are playing with here and I am sure could make better use of their time. Wonder if a person will be able to get disability based on video game addiction....
