Rationale for and usefulness of the inclusion of gaming disorder in the ICD-11

Affiliations

• ¹ Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ² Centre for Excessive Gambling, Lausanne University Hospitals, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ³ South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁴ Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
• ⁵ National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Yokosuka, Japan.
• ⁶ College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.