世衛組織將遊戲成癮列入國際疾病分類

The World Health Organization (WHO) included Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), or game addiction, in the latest International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Chinese newspaper Science and Technology Daily reported.

據中國《科技日報》報道，世界衛生組織（WHO）已經將遊戲障礙（即通常所說的遊戲成癮）列入了最新的國際疾病分類（ICD）。

It is the first time for WHO to include the addiction in the global information standard. Though the criteria have not been officially published, game addiction is already a social issue that involves an increasing number of adolescents and even adults.

這是WHO首次將遊戲成癮列入全球信息標準。雖然目前判定標準尚未正式公佈，但越來越多青少年甚至成人沉迷於此，已成爲一種社會問題。

"All addictive behaviors can be considered as addiction diseases from a professional perspective," said Huang Yueqin, director of the Institute of Mental Health, Peking University Sixth Hospital. According to her, game addiction is a kind of behavioral addiction.

北京大學第六醫院社會精神病學研究室主任黃悅勤教授表示：“所有成癮行爲，從專業上來講，就是成癮性疾病。” 據她介紹，遊戲成癮應歸入行爲成癮範疇。

WHO defines behaviors that cause suffering and damage social functions as mental disorders.

WHO將精神障礙定義爲帶來痛苦及造成社會功能受損的行爲。

Yuan Yonggui, director of Zhongda Hospital's psychiatry department, said that game addiction is similar to certain mental disorders caused by damage to the area of the brain that is responsible for the reward system.

中大醫院心理精神科主任袁勇貴教授認爲，遊戲成癮和一些精神類的疾病一樣，都是大腦負責獎賞機制的腦區出了問題。

Compulsive gaming is a key diagnostic criterion, while occasional gaming does not fall into the category of addiction, Huang explained.

黃悅勤教授解釋稱，只是偶爾玩玩遊戲並不是成癮的範疇，診斷標準最關鍵的一點就是強迫性遊戲。

A study by a university in the United Kingdom shows that game addiction might not be a chronic condition and it is the escape from reality that attracts addicts.

英國某大學的一項研究顯示，所謂的遊戲成癮可能並不是一種慢性病，而逃避現實生活則吸引了成癮者。