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T&CTower
argued that the voice to classify game
revising the U.S. handbook. This will help
addiction as a disease is just an allergic
Koreandoctorsdiagnoseandtreateasilyand
reactiontothegame.Consideringtheprocess
properly.
of making psychiatric diagnosis, the opinion
Besides adding game addiction to the
fromthegamecompanydoesnotincorporate
standard, Internet, mobile, and television
with medical knowledge. But is expressed
addictions which are similar to game
due to worry about the damage to the
addiction should be able to be diagnosed by
business if game addiction becomes an
theviewofpsychiatrictreatment.LeeHeon-
illness.
jeong, a psychiatrist of Korea University
The reasons game addiction is
Anam Hospital, said, “If game addiction is
notidentifiedasamentaldisease.
Factors needed for accurate
identified as a disease, method of checking
diagnosis,treatment
The symptom of behavioral dependence
symptomsmustbedeveloped.Therefore,itis
including game addiction is repeating the
InKorea,dangerofgameaddictioniswell
to make the standard check symptoms
samebehavior.Byrepeatingthebehavior,an
known, the government has tried to prevent
similarwithgameaddictiontogether.”
addict would be in troubles on someone’s
and adequately treat game addiction. The
At last, the handbook could be changed
socialfunction.Unlikesubstance,behavioral
Korea Youth Counseling Institute, a
by related groups’ lobbies or movements, If
dependence is not approved for mental
government-run counseling and research
game companies do not approach to this
disease as long as the controversy does not
institute for preventing and solving youth
debatewithmedicalbasis,butfortheirprofit,
reach an agreement. It means that all
issues,makesanefforttopreventtheInternet
theymustbestronglycriticized.Also,ifthere
behavioral dependence is not a mental
and game addiction. Game companies are
aredoctorswhotrytomakegameaddiction
illness.Therefore,gameaddictioncannotbe
struggling for sound game play with
anillnessforhisorherpersonalreasonssuch
identifiedasadiseaseitself,accordingtothe
campaigns too. However, the U.S. socially
as research publications. They should re-
professionals and experts in the related area.
understands the side effects of games.
think about what is a real medical progress
They worried that if game addiction is
Therefore, Korean psychiatric treatment
rather than considering their self-
declared as a mental disease, similar
using the U.S. handbook can not diagnose
achievement.
behavioral dependence such as Internet,
gameaddictionproperlytoo.
mobilephone,televisionaddiction,andsoon
In order to diagnose and treat properly in
ppprin@hufs.ac.kr
will be also considered as a type of disease.
Korea, a suitable standard should be
Itwillbehardtopreparediagnosesforeach
developed first. It does not mean that Korea
one.Fordeclaringbehavioraldependenceas
needsacompletelydifferentstandard
a mental disease, it needs social discussion
ascomparedtotheU.S. Itmeans
andacceptancefromthewholesociety.
that Korea needs to make a
Normally psychiatric treatment American
moresuitablehandoutfor
diagnosis is worldwide standard and even
Korea by adding and
Korea adopts the diagnosis. In Korea, side
effects and danger of game addiction are
sociallywellknowntopeople.Incontrast,in
the U.S., the argument does not appear
obviously in the society, but the medical
group started raising the issue. Kim Deuk-
hwan, who is a chief of Internet addiction
team on Internet Addiction Treatment
Center,said“Gameaddictionisnotamatter
in the U.S. because there are more serious
teenagerproblemssuchasdrugsandgunsto
be solved. Thus, game addition is not yet
consideredasaserioussocialissue.Forthat
reason, game addiction isn’t actively
argued.” It is one of the reasons why game
addiction is not classified under the disease
yet.
Because the diagnosis can be changed by
social arguments, a lot of lobbies or
movements to achieve their purpose
intervenewhilepsychiatricdiagnosisisbeing
made.NowthegamecompaniesintheU.S.
SEPTEMBER 2007

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