Doctors Calls For Probe on Video Game Health Effects
The American Medical Association has called for more research into the public health risks of video games, but said it would let the American Psychiatric Association and other experts decide whether video game addiction should be designated a mental illness.
Dr. Ronald Davis, president of the AMA said that the organisation remained concerned about the behavioural, health and societal effects of video game overuse.
“To the extent that a game is controlling someone’s behaviours and taking over their daily life, then you are talking about a compulsive use, whether you categorise it in a psychiatric manual or not,” he added.
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