世卫组织将游戏成瘾列入国际疾病分类

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.

据中国《科技日报》报道，世界卫生组织（WHO）已经将游戏障碍（即通常所说的游戏成瘾）列入了最新的国际疾病分类（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.

这是WHO首次将游戏成瘾列入全球信息标准。虽然目前判定标准尚未正式公布，但越来越多青少年甚至成人沉迷于此，已成为一种社会问题。

"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.

北京大学第六医院社会精神病学研究室主任黄悦勤教授表示：“所有成瘾行为，从专业上来讲，就是成瘾性疾病。” 据她介绍，游戏成瘾应归入行为成瘾范畴。

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

WHO将精神障碍定义为带来痛苦及造成社会功能受损的行为。

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.

中大医院心理精神科主任袁勇贵教授认为，游戏成瘾和一些精神类的疾病一样，都是大脑负责奖赏机制的脑区出了问题。

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

黄悦勤教授解释称，只是偶尔玩玩游戏并不是成瘾的范畴，诊断标准最关键的一点就是强迫性游戏。

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.

英国某大学的一项研究显示，所谓的游戏成瘾可能并不是一种慢性病，而逃避现实生活则吸引了成瘾者。