GENEVA — Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too much time playing. In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the U.N. health agency said Monday that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition.
Compulsive Video-game Playing Could Be Mental Health Problem
JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG, JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG, Associated Press, The Columbian
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