Introduction to Gaming Disorders

Role-playing games (RPGs) have been associated with gaming disorders because of the addictiveness and immersion experienced by gamers.

The discourse surrounding the classification of gaming disorders has teemed with debate in recent years (American Psychiatric Association 2013b; Kuss et al.

Background In recent years, an increasing number of studies documented potential links between gaming disorders (GD; including “digital-gaming” or “video-gaming”) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

In order to diagnose gaming disorders, it is of importance to understand how gaming behavior affects brain activity patterns and whether there exist differences in the effects on different individuals.

Gaming is popular among youth and gaming disorders have been introduced recently into psychiatric nomenclature systems.

This is very concerning as this could spark various problems, such as musculoskeletal pain and gaming disorders.

: Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 determined that Internet Gaming Disorders (IGD) were included as mental health disorders.

Treatment services should be made available to medical students with gaming disorders.

•Excessive use of smartphones can potentially lead to gaming disorders and internet use disorders and eventually be considered to cause psychosocial crisis.

Future interventional studies should consider assessing the effect of fostering healthy parent-child relationships and appropriate discipline on the occurrence or prognosis of gaming disorders.

The literature is limited due to inconsistencies in measurement of game features, as well as other methodological weaknesses, demonstrating the need for higher quality studies, including studies of individuals with verified gaming disorders to understand their use of specific games.

Other findings showed that associated internet gaming disorders and a lack of attention suggests that individualistic cultural orientations exacerbate these relationships without gender differences.