'Screen time' excess: Gaming addiction now classified as mental health disorder by WHO
Many parents already have concerns, but some may now have a new argument for limiting their children's "screen time" — addiction to video games has been recognized by World Health Organization as a mental health disorder. The WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a reference ...
Families battling mental illness promote in-house therapy
An association of families with mentally ill kin has begun a project modeled after a British program to train therapists who can provide mental health services in people's homes. Because the families of people with mental illnesses are often exhausted, therapists should be able to ...
Panel seeks obligatory employment of people with mental disorders
An advisory panel to the labor minister called Thursday for adding people with mental disorders to those who must be hired by private companies to promote the social advancement of people with disabilities. The proposal was issued by a panel under Health, Labor and Welfare ...
