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Blackhole
toillness
Although it is not treated as illness now,
game addiction brings plenty of troubles
ByKangSe-hoon
been recognized, why is not game addiction
(VDT)Syndrome,causedbystiffbodyhurts
Reporterof TheArgus
identifiedasanofficialmentaldisorder?
theneck,shoulder,andwrist.Second,Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome, which is originated from
DiagnosisandSymptoms
D
ue to the fast growth of the game
the overuse of wrists causes severe pain in
industry, people have more access
Generally psychiatric diagnosis and
thewrist.
to play games such as computer
treatmentisperformedwith“TheDiagnostic
Connection between reward
games, online games, video games, and
andStatisticalManual,”whichisahandbook
pathwayandaddiction
mobilegamesanywhererecently. Thegame
for the mental health professional and is
industryisnowsupportingnationaleconomy
published by the APA. The handbook
Playinggameaffectsbrainlikealcohol or
and also offers healthy leisure. For those
describes different types of mental disorder
nicotine.Itacceleratessecretionofdopamine,
positive effects, many people get more
andsuggeststhecriteriafordiagnosingthem.
which is a substance that relays electrical
interestedingames.
The diagnosis for game addiction is not
signalsbetweenaneuronandanothercellin
Inspiteofthepositiveeffects,sideeffects
identified in the book now and the term,
the brain. Dopamine stimulates reward
arecausedwhenpeoplespendtoomuchtime
“game addition” has not been academically
pathway. That is how someone feels happy.
on playing games. Several people may have
defined in the medical society. Doctors
Reward pathway, also known as the
heard about the term “game addiction,”
diagnose patients for treating the addiction
mesocortical pathway, is a neural pathway
which means playing games too much or
withcounselusingquestionssuggestedinthe
that connects the ventral tegmentum to the
negativeeffectsofthegames.Inthemedical
handbook. Those are for checking not only
cortex,particularlythefrontallobes.Itisone
world, psychologists discussed whether that
how much the patient plays games, but also
of the four major dopamine pathways in the
game addiction is a serious issue or not. In
howmuchproblemsthepatientmayhaveon
brain. The reward pathway is essential for
theAmericanMedicalAssociation,whichis
life,home,orsocialactivities.
our survival, and is itself a very powerful
one of the American
There are physical and
mechanism with regards to choice, and
medicalsocieties,therewere
mental dangers and side
behavior.Unfortunately,itisalsovulnerable
debates over whether to
effects of game addiction:
tobecominghijackedbysubstances,suchas
include game addiction in
near-sightedness, extreme
drugsandalcohol.
the
mental
disease
tiredness,
bad
blood
Whenthedopaminestimulatesthebrain,a
handbook of the American
circulation,
headache,
man becomes happy. However, if the
Psychiatric Association
insomnia,
emotional
dopamine secretes too much, later stronger
(APA) or not in July 23 in
disturbance, getting violence,
stimulationisnecessaryinordertocreatethe
2007. Game addiction can
irregular life, study disorder,
samepleasurefromtheformertime.Experts
not be checked with
and social phobia. Besides
whoconsiderthegameaddictionasamental
psychiatric
diagnosis
those mentioned above, there
illnessinsistthatthegamediseaseshowsthe
because that is not an
areanumberofunpredictable
similar course and symptom of substance
official mental disease. If
syndromes.Forexample,first,
dependenceascomparedtoaddiction.
the danger of games has
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