| Doctors backed away from a controversial
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| | York.
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| proposal to designate video game
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| | A committee of the influential
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| addiction as a mental disorder akin to
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| | physicians' group had proposed video game
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| alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should
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| | addiction be listed as a mental disorder
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| study the issue more.
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| | in the American Diagnostic and Statistic
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| Addiction experts also strongly opposed
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| | Manual of Mental Disorders, a guide used
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| the idea at a debate at the American
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| | by the American Psychiatric Association
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| Medical Association's annual meeting.
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| | in diagnosing mental illness. Such a move
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| They said more study is needed before
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| | would ease the path for insurance
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| excessive use of video and online games -
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| | coverage of video game addiction.
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| a problem that affects about 10% of
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| | Even before debate on the subject began,
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| players - could be considered a mental
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| | the committee that made the proposal
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| illness.
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| | backed away from its position, and
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| "There is nothing here to suggest that
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| | instead recommended that the American
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| this is a complex physiological disease
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| | Psychiatric Association consider the
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| state akin to alcoholism or other
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| | change when it revises its next
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| substance abuse disorders, and it doesn't
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| | diagnostic manual in five years. The
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| get to have the word addiction attached
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| | psychiatrist group has said if the
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| to it," said Dr Stuart Gitlow of the
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| | science warrants, it could be considered
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| American Society of Addiction Medicine
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| | for inclusion in the next diagnostic
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| and Mt Sinai School of Medicine in New
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| | manual, which will be published in 2012.
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