NHS to fund its first internet addiction clinic

The NHS is set to fund an internet addiction centre – with a focus on gaming disorders.

According to The Guardian, the Central and North West London NHS foundation trust is behind the Centre for Internet Disorders, which will initially focus on gaming addiction. The idea is it will offer treatment and advice to families as well as conduct research.

Gaming addiction was thrust into the headlines earlier in June after it emerged “gaming disorder” could become a proper medical condition – should a draft of the World Health Organisation’s updated International Classification of Diseases manual be approved unamended roughly a year from now.

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