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)

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) Publisher Pubmed

Rumpf HJ¹ ; Achab S^{2, 3} ; Billieux J⁴ ; Bowdenjones H⁵ ; Carragher N⁶ ; Demetrovics Z⁷ ; Higuchi S⁸ ; King DL⁹ ; Mann K¹⁰ ; Potenza M^{11, 51} ; Saunders JB¹² ; Abbott M¹³ ; Ambekar A¹⁴ ; Aricak OT¹⁵ Show All Authors

Rumpf HJ¹
Achab S^{2, 3}
Billieux J⁴
Bowdenjones H⁵
Carragher N⁶
Demetrovics Z⁷
Higuchi S⁸
King DL⁹
Mann K¹⁰
Potenza M^{11, 51}
Saunders JB¹²
Abbott M¹³
Ambekar A¹⁴
Aricak OT¹⁵
Assanangkornchai S¹⁶
Bahar N¹⁷
Borges G¹⁸
Brand M^{19, 20}
Meilo Chan E²¹
Chung T²²
Derevensky J²³
El Kashef A²⁴
Farrell M²⁵
Fineberg NA^{26, 27}
Gandin C²⁸
Gentile DA²⁹
Griffiths MD³⁰
Goudriaan AE³¹
Grallbronnec M³²
Hao W³³
Hodgins DC³⁴
Ip P³⁵
Kiraly O⁷
Lee HK³⁶
Kuss D³⁰
Lemmens JS³⁷
Long J³³
Lopezfernandez O³⁰
Mihara S⁸
Petry NM³⁸
Pontes HM³⁰
Rahimimovaghar A³⁹
Rehbein F⁴⁰
Rehm J^{41, 42, 43}
Scafato E⁴⁴
Sharma M⁴⁵
Spritzer D⁴⁶
Stein DJ⁴⁷
Tam P⁴⁸
Weinstein A⁴⁹
Wittchen HU⁴³
Wolfling K⁵⁰
Zullino D²
Poznyak V⁶

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1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lubeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, Lubeck, 23538, Germany
2. Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, Service of Addictology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
3. Geneva WHO Collaborating Center for Training and Research, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
4. Addictive and Compulsive Behaviours Lab, Institute for Health and Behaviour, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
5. Central North West London NHS Trust, Division of Brain Science, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
6. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
7. Institute of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
8. National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
9. School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
10. Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
11. Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Child Study Center, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Connecticut, United States
12. Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
13. Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
14. Department of Psychiatry, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
15. Department of Psychology, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
16. Epidemiology Unit and Centre for Alcohol Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand
17. Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia
18. National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico
19. General Psychology: Cognition Center for Behavioral Addiction Research, University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
20. Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Essen, Germany
21. Integrated Centre on Addiction Prevention and Treatment, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
22. Department of Health, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
23. Applied Child Psychology and Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
24. National Rehabilitation Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
25. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia
26. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
27. Department of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
28. National Centre on Addiction and Doping, National Observatory on Alcohol, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
29. Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
30. International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
31. Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
32. Addictology and Psychiatry Department, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France
33. Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
34. Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
35. Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics AndAdolescent Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
36. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
37. Center for Research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
38. Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, United States
39. Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
40. Criminological Research Institute Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany
41. Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
42. Institute of Medical Science, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
43. Epidemiological Research Unit, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
44. National Observatory on Alcohol, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
45. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
46. Study Group on Technological Addictions, Porto Alegre, Brazil
47. Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
48. Network for Internet Investigation and Research in Australia, Delta Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia
49. Department of Behavioral Science, University of Ariel, Ariel, Israel
50. Outpatient Clinic for Behavioral Addiction, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
51. Mental Health Center, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

Source: Journal of Behavioral Addictions Published:2018

Abstract

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. © 2018 The Author(s).

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MLA	Rumpf HJ, et al.. "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)." Journal of Behavioral Addictions, vol. 7, no. 3, 2018, pp. 556-561.
APA	Rumpf HJ, Achab S, Billieux J, Bowdenjones H, Carragher N, Demetrovics Z, Higuchi S, King DL, Mann K, Potenza M, Saunders JB, Abbott M, Ambekar A, Aricak OT, Assanangkornchai S, Bahar N, Borges G, Brand M, Meilo Chan E, ... Poznyak V (2018). 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). Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(3), 556-561.
Chicago	Rumpf HJ, Achab S, Billieux J, Bowdenjones H, Carragher N, Demetrovics Z, Higuchi S, et al.. "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)." Journal of Behavioral Addictions 7, no. 3 (2018): 556-561.
Harvard	Rumpf HJ et al. (2018) '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)', Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(3), pp. 556-561.
Vancouver	Rumpf HJ, Achab S, Billieux J, Bowdenjones H, Carragher N, Demetrovics Z, et al.. 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). Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 2018;7(3):556-561.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Rumpf HJ and Achab S and Billieux J and Bowdenjones H and Carragher N and Demetrovics Z and Higuchi S and King DL and Mann K and Potenza M and Saunders JB and Abbott M and Ambekar A and Aricak OT and Assanangkornchai S and Bahar N and Borges G and Brand M and Meilo Chan E and Chung T and Derevensky J and El Kashef A and Farrell M and Fineberg NA and Gandin C and Gentile DA and Griffiths MD and Goudriaan AE and Grallbronnec M and Hao W and Hodgins DC and Ip P and Kiraly O and Lee HK and Kuss D and Lemmens JS and Long J and Lopezfernandez O and Mihara S and Petry NM and Pontes HM and Rahimimovaghar A and Rehbein F and Rehm J and Scafato E and Sharma M and Spritzer D and Stein DJ and Tam P and Weinstein A and Wittchen HU and Wolfling K and Zullino D and Poznyak V}, title = {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)}, journal = {Journal of Behavioral Addictions}, volume = {7}, number = {3}, pages = {556-561}, year = {2018} }
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