Unlike dependence or abuse caused by the use of substances such as alcohol or drugs, game addiction is a behavioral disorder that does not resist the impulse, desire, or temptation to perform actions that may harm an individual or other person in the absence of substances.
As with substance use-related addiction, withdrawal, tolerance, and social and occupational impairment follow.2.
The concept of game addictionGoldberg (1996) first created the term Internet addiction disorder and the conceptual criteria for diagnosis based on the substance addiction criteria of DSM-IV, and recently replaced it with the term'Pathological Computer Use'.
There are no specific diagnostic criteria for game addiction, but if the diagnostic criteria for'pathological gambling' of DSM-IV are used, obsessive thinking about the Internet, tolerance and withdrawal, excessive Internet use beyond what is intended, and neglect of negative results from excessive games.
When a game addiction is suspected, not only the game addiction evaluation but also the overall evaluation of the biological and psychosocial causes that can cause game addiction should be professionally performed.
In other words, as time goes by, you want to play more often and longer.2.