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UK's gaming disorder clinic has treated more than 300 people
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Wednesday 22nd December 2021
The National Centre for Gaming Disorders has treated over 300 people since it opened doors at the end of 2019.
The clinic's manager and family therapist Becky Harris told the BBC that 200 of these referrals have been made in 2021 alone.
The centre was announced in October 2019 and opened two months later following the World Health Organisation's classification of gaming disorder as a recognised illness.
Gaming disorder is defined as 'a
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