gaming disorder

Habib Matar, 21, used to play video games six hours a day; now he spends about six hours a week. “I think mental health is a really big topic that really needs to be covered,” he said. “But I don’t think gaming is so much the issue for that.” (Photo by Carino Haro/Cronkite News)

Gamers push back against World Health Organization’s ‘gaming disorder’ classification

The online gaming community is pushing back at the World Health Organization’s decision to classify ‘gaming disorder’ as a mental health condition.