/edu-ecp/taxonomy/term/504/all en /edu-ecp/channels/news/video-game-addiction-disease-dr-jeffrey-derevensky-weighs-286448 <p><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/4122290/video-game-addiction-mental-health/"><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/globalnews.jpg" style="float:right; height:222px; width:222px" /></a>The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to classify video game addiction as a disease, according to a June redefinition of their International Classification of Diseases (ICD). In the wake of this decision, various experts in education, law and psychology have been consulted for their opinions.</p> Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:24:22 +0000 stephen.lalla@mcgill.ca 2516 at /edu-ecp