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- - - - for the first time by the
        
        World Health Organization
        
        or WHO.
  - - - was included in a new draft of the
        
        WHO's International Classification of Diseases.
  - - - on what constitutes addiction
      - but extreme gaming is now officially considered a disorder.
  - - - the Department of Mental Health
        
        revealed that the number of children diagnosed as gaming addicts
        
        was six times the 2015 rate.
  - - - 429 cases of gaming addiction
        
        one-third of all youngsters diagnosed
        
        with psychiatric conditions.
      - An unofficial estimate
        
        by the institute states that 1.6 million
        
        Thai children risk developing an addiction to gaming.
    - - a psychiatrist
        
        and Spokesman
      - the Department of Mental Health
      - Ministry of Public Health.
      - said
        
        "The advent of mobile technology has made it easier for people from all age groups to get drawn into gaming, and if not controlled, become addicted to it,”
        
        “Today anybody can play on their mobile phones and tablets at any hour of the day. We bring our mobile phones with us everywhere - to school, to the office and to social events. This makes it all the more difficult to restrain yourself from playing.”
  - - - has impaired control over the onset
        
        frequency, intensity, duration, termination or context of gaming.
    - - over other
        
        life interests
        
        daily activities
        
        continue or escalate their gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.
  - - - frustration when not playing
        
        anxiety
        
        mild depression
        
        aggressive behaviour.
  - - - but not a formal diagnosis or disease