Functional impairment matters in the screening and diagnosis of gaming disorder

Billieux, Joël; King, Daniel Luke; Higuchi, Susumu; Achab, Sophia; Bowden-Jones, Henrietta; Hao, Wei; Long, Jiang; Lee, Hae Kook; Potenza, Marc N; Saunders, John B; Poznyak, Vladimir

doi:10.1556/2006.6.2017.036

Reference : Functional impairment matters in the screening and diagnosis of gaming disorder


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Treatment & clinical psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/31931

Title :	Functional impairment matters in the screening and diagnosis of gaming disorder
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Billieux, Joël [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	King, Daniel Luke []
	Higuchi, Susumu []
	Achab, Sophia []
	Bowden-Jones, Henrietta []
	Hao, Wei []
	Long, Jiang []
	Lee, Hae Kook []
	Potenza, Marc N []
	Saunders, John B []
	Poznyak, Vladimir []
Publication date :	2017
Journal title :	Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Publisher :	Akademiai Kiado
Volume :	6
Issue/season :	3
Pages :	285-289
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi^lu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	2062-5871
e-ISSN :	2063-5303
City :	Budapest
Country :	Hungary
Keywords :	[en] ICD-11 ; Gaming Disorder ; Diagnosis ; DSM-5 ; Functional Impairment ; Internet Gaming Disorder
Abstract :	[en] This commentary responds to Aarseth et al.’s (in press) criticisms that the ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal would result in “moral panics around the harm of video gaming” and “the treatment of abundant false-positive cases.” The ICD-11 Gaming Disorder avoids potential “overpathologizing” with its explicit reference to functional impairment caused by gaming and therefore improves upon a number of flawed previous approaches to identifying cases with suspected gaming-related harms. We contend that moral panics are more likely to occur and be exacerbated by misinformation and lack of understanding, rather than proceed from having a clear diagnostic system
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/31931
DOI :	10.1556/2006.6.2017.036

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