Gambling will be ranked as a mental illness
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Who has not heard about gambling? This is a common phenomenon in which a person acquires a strong and relentless pathological dependence on games, mostly of a gambling type. In most cases, there is a craving for pastime for slot machines or in a casino. This year, the World Health Organization initiated the inclusion of game dependence in the list of the International Classification of Diseases (IBC) - this was stated by the representative of the organization Tarik Yazarevich.
"Violation in the form of gambling addiction has already been included in the project document of the refined eleventh version of the International Classification. In this case, gambling is characterized as behavioral disorder, leading to loss of control over time and over the course of the game itself - whether it is playing in a casino, on a machine, at a computer or tablet. A sick and addicted person makes games a priority over any other types of activities, and so much so that all interests in life disappear completely. Even ordinary everyday life goes far to another plan. The patient is hungry for the continuation of the game, regardless of any obstacles and not assessing the likelihood of negative consequences, "explains the spokeswoman for the World Health Organization.
According to WHO experts, for the accurate diagnosis of gambling dependence the above-stated model of behavior in a person should be detected for at least one year. In this case, gambling must necessarily negatively affect the personal, family, household, social and other life links.
Another 20-30 years ago, gaming dependence barely touched people living in the post-Soviet space, and doctors knew about the existence of such a problem only by hearsay. All this was until until the end of the 90s the gambling industry did not "come" to us. Since then, many people spend almost daily time in gaming halls, giving their (and sometimes other people's) money to "voracious" machines.
Scientists explain: passion in one way or another is present in each of us. So, with games a person encounters from childhood, because the game form is the basis of many educational and training systems that should develop the child in various directions. However, over the years, the usual desire to "play" is replaced by another feeling, as it is reborn and changes shape. Some fans "play" with this form are fishing, hunting, sports, etc. And others - choose gambling.
Individual scientists are sure that gambling is the lot of those who "did not play enough" as a toddler. This opinion causes a lot of disagreement. And the "players" themselves often explain their dependence by the fact that they once won a certain financial sum, and now they want to experience such feelings again.
Information is available on the portal 24news.
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