Gaming Disorder – a “lousy” and “meaningless” label

In this article, Rune K. L. Nielsen critically examines the World Health Organization's decision to include "Gaming Disorder" as a "disorder due to addictive behavior" in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Whether gaming should be recognized as an addictive behavior is hotly debated in the research community. Nielsen argues that the current debate is not likely to subside any time soon as both sides surprisingly agree that we don't know e.g., what Gaming Disorder is, what it looks like, how dangerous or problematic it is, or whether it is best understood as a disorder or as a symptom.