World Health Organisation lists 'gaming disorder' addiction as a mental health disease

By Emma Horn
Updated August 9 2018 - 9:28pm, first published 5:00pm
TECH TALK: App-developers Brendon Leese, Brad McLain and Dev Mukherjee from Wagga-based company Anomaly Software. Picture: Emma Hillier
TECH TALK: App-developers Brendon Leese, Brad McLain and Dev Mukherjee from Wagga-based company Anomaly Software. Picture: Emma Hillier

The World Health Organisation has added ‘gaming disorder’ to the international classification of diseases, officially recognising it as a mental health issue. But its prevalence has divided academics and gamers.

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