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First NHS-funded internet addiction centre

he centre for internet disorders "will be a life-changer" for those who struggle with an addiction to gaming, says its founder.
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A hospital in the UK is to be the first to set up an NHS-funded internet addiction centre.
The west London centre will start in the next couple of weeks and be aimed at people with gaming disorders.
Other internet-based addictions could be treated in future, however.
Psychiatrist and clinic founder Henrietta Bowden-Jones said the centre will seek to provide treatment, do research and give advice to families.
She told The Guardian: "Gaming disorder is finally getting the attention it deserves.
"The distress and harm it can cause is extreme and I feel a moral duty on behalf of the NHS to provide the evidence-based treatment these young people and their families need.
"We are unlikely to witness an epidemic of young players with an addiction to gaming but for the ones who do struggle, the centre for internet disorders will be a life-changer."
A spokesman for the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust could not confirm the numbers of patients who are being signed up for treatment.
The news comes after the World Health Organisation classified gaming disorder as an addiction, describing it as a pattern of persistent gaming behaviour so severe it "takes precedence over other life interests".
Symptoms include impaired control over gaming and increased priority given to gaming.
WHO said: "Studies suggest that gaming disorder affects only a small proportion of people who engage in digital or video-gaming activities.

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