Videogames an Addiction or Obsession?電子遊戲成癮或沉迷？

Is videogame addiction a mental disorder like alcoholism?是遊戲成癮的精神錯亂一樣，酗酒？ Is it a complex physiological disease?它是一個複雜的生理病害？ Physicians are divided about it.醫生的分歧。 But the American Medical Association refrained from listing it in the American Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders.但美國醫療協會不上市，它在美國的診斷與統計手冊精神失常。 The consequences are far-reaching.其後果是深遠的影響。 If videogame obsession is an addiction, it would be covered by insurance, thus meaning millions of dollars in claims and compensation for patients.如果遊戲的痴迷是一個吸毒成癮，便由保險支付，因此意義上百萬美元的索賠和賠償的病人。

Videogame obsession can interfere with day-to-day activities like eating, working, sleeping and interacting with others.遊戲的痴迷可能會干擾日常活動，如飲食，工作，睡覺，和與其他人互動。 Dr Thomas Allen of the Osler Medical Centre in Towson, Maryland said: “The same denial, the same rationalisation, the same inability to give up.” In other words, the videogame or Internet user loses control of the self.托馬斯博士李鵬飛的奧斯勒醫療中心在towson ，馬里蘭說： “同樣的否認，同時重整，同時不能放棄。 ”換句話說，視頻遊戲或互聯網用戶失去控制的自我。 Too much time spent in front of the TV or computer screen not only affects academic results but also interaction time with family and peers as well as health.太多的時間花費在電視前，或在電腦屏幕上，不僅影響的學術成果，但也互動的時間與家人和朋輩，以及健康。 The social handicap is difficult to correct with the passage of time.社會的障礙是很難正確的與時間的推移。

Should the medical association categorise disorders based on the profit margin of insurance companies or the interest of patients?應醫學會的分類障礙的基礎上，利潤保險的公司或利益的病人？ But if it were an addiction and mental disease, young people can absolve all responsibilities for their habit and lack of discipline.但如果這是一個成癮和精神疾病，青年人可以免除所有責任，為他們的習慣和缺乏紀律。 More and more youngsters are spending time playing video and Internet games.更多的青少年是花時間玩視頻遊戲和互聯網。 Alcoholism and drugs are substances that enter the body but videogames don’t.酗酒和毒品的物質進入人體，但遊戲不。 It’s an issue that require careful consideration.這是一個問題，需要慎重考慮。

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