After learning of the World Health Organization's plan to add "gaming disorder" to its list of mental health conditions, UC Irvine published a response against the classification, arguing that for a majority of players, video and other games have a positive influence. "We don't dispute that there are some young people who get into problematic gaming communities or play too much at expense of other activities," said Mimi Ito, director of UCI's Connected Learning Lab. [Subscription required, you can request an electronic copy of the article by sending an email to communications@uci.edu.]

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