It’s Now Considered a Mental Disorder If You Play Video Games Too Much, Per Officials

If you play video games a lot--you may have a mental disorder?

The World Health Organization includes "gaming disorder" in its list of mental health conditions. The WHO defines the disorder as a "persistent or recurrent" behavior pattern of "sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning", according to CNN.