Goodville introduces AI mental health resource as part of WHO partnership
Mobile farming sim Goodville is celebrating the third year of its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), and as part of this collaboration,...
Zynga and Lady Gaga raise awareness of mental health in Words with Friends
Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and Zynga have partnered to raise mental health awareness for World Mental Health Day through the Words With Friends...
World Health Organization classifies ‘gaming disorder’ as an illness
The World Health Organization moved forward with a proposal to classify “gaming disorder” as an illness. After a consideration period starting in June 2018,...
How the ESA’s acting CEO views video game addiction
As general counsel of the Entertainment Software Association, Stanley Pierre-Louis was the top lawyer in the country for the trade group that protects the...
You Must Build a Boat rebuffs WHO, joins Mightier platform to show kids learn from play
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization labeled “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition, describing it as a harmful addiction that “takes precedence...
Gamers speak out at WHO’s classification of gaming addiction as mental health disorder
Gamers are fighting back against the World Health Organization (WHO), which said yesterday that “gaming disorder” will appear in a new draft of the...
In afterglow of E3 show, WHO labels compulsive game playing an addiction
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that “gaming disorder” will appear in a new draft of the organization’s International Classification of Diseases, a compendium...