Ministry Of Health Calls Game Addicts To Entering The Behavior Disorder Category In Today's Memory, June 21, 2018

JAKARTA Memories of today, seven years ago, June 21, 2018, the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) emphasized that game addiction is a behavioral disorder. This condition is because those who are addicted to games cannot control their desires.

Previously, the world health agency, WHO considered the case of game addiction to be not underestimated. Those who are addicted to games are considered to be problematic. WHO even categorizes game addiction as mental disorders.

Video game consoles have been present for limited groups only. Games can only be enjoyed by those with duit. Those who can't buy consoles can use arcade machines. However, the development of technology developed rapidly in the 2000s era.

Video game consoles are increasingly sophisticated and affordable. Later games can be enjoyed via smartphones. A significant development in the game world. New problems arise. The ease of playing video games or online games raises concerns.

He made a video game connoisseur. This condition makes those who play games do not want to move and continue to play games. As a result, they neglect time and don't want to be separated from their devices.

Parents are then made dizzy. In fact, those who play games tend to fight -- emotionally unstable. That condition reached WHO's ears. The world health agency is starting to see game addiction as not just an ordinary problem. WHO sees game addiction as extraordinary.

The narrative is because those who are addicted will continue to play games even if they continue to be prohibited. The interests of other lives are ignored. His emotions fluctuated. WHO then officially included game addiction as a condition of mental disorders that can be medically diagonalized.

The decision was outlined in the latest edition of the International Classification of Diseases or ICD-11 in May 2018. The ICD is then a guide for health workers around the world. ICD is also a guide for health insurance companies around the world.

"This (information) allows us to understand so much about what makes people sick to death, and take action to prevent suffering and save lives," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as quoted on the tempo.co page, June 19, 2018.

Problems arise. Not all countries agree with WHO views. Addiction to games is considered just an ordinary matter. Not included in mental disorders. The Ministry of Health also agreed. The Ministry of Health chose to go against WHO.

The Ministry of Health considers game addiction as a behavioral disorder or behavioral disorder on June 21, 2018. A recurring pattern of behavior that disturbs norms applies in society.

This condition also makes the Ministry of Health not want to think of those who are addicted to games as mental disorders. Because, game disorders have not entered a stage that threatens a person's mind, mood, and behavior.

"It's a behavioral disorder disorder, I don't saymental disorder I prefer to say behavioral disorder. That's what I agree with," said the Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health, Anung Sugihantono, as quoted by the Ministry of Health's website, June 21, 2018.