Demystifying Gaming Disorder
The World Health Organization recently proposed to include gaming disorder into it's updated International Classification of Disease (ICD-11). With this information transmitted to the public via media, many misconceptions about video games and mental health will or already have arisen. Students from McMaster University will use Google’s most searched questions about gaming disorder (and video games) in order to simplify it. This video was made by McMaster Demystifying Medicine students Mohammed Fawad Ahmed, Roham Sanaie, Nerizsa Suarez Tenorio and Hanna Tessema Copyright McMaster University 2018 References: Dsm.psychiatryonline.org. (2018). Conditions for Further Study | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. [online] Available at: https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.5555/appi.books.9780890425596. Conditions forFurtherStudy#x56706.2818816 [Accessed 29 Jan. 2018]. Gaming disorder. (2018, January). Retrieved January 25, 2018, from http://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/ Gray, M. (2015, February 20). Cognitive Benefits of Playing Video Games. [Web blog post]. Retrieved January 26, 2018, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201502/cognitive-benefits-playing-video-games Palaus, M., Marron, E. M., Viejo-Sobera, R., & Redolar-Ripoll, D. (2017). Neural Basis of Video Gaming: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 248. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00248
