WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition

When...will...it...stop? Anything, and I mean anything, can be done to an unhealthy extreme. From the article: "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." Hmm, what else can do that? Let's see, drugs and alcohol are obvious. So is eating. But what about Facebook, watching TV, reading, exercising, showering, cleaning the house, shopping, working, gambling, etc. The list could go on forever. But these aren't mental disorders. Addictions? Sure. The difference is this. A close friend of mine suffers from OCD and anxiety. Take him and put him on a deserted island and that disorder will never go away. Take someone addicted to drugs/alcohol/video games/etc. and put them on that same island and after some withdrawals, they will be A-Okay.

I feel like everything is turning into a "mental health" issue or illness. I think it states excessive gaming could become an issue not that everyone who plays video games has a mental health issue.

I know of some people who would see this and try to use it as a crutch. And then claim disability, so they can continue to stay home and game. This is just opening another door for people to be lazy and not take responsibility for anything.