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COMPULSIVE VIDEO-GAME PLAYING COULD BE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM

Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too much time playing.

In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the U.N. health agency said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. The statement confirmed the fears of some parents but led critics

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