Overwork was recognized as a "mental disorder", according to the WHO

Overwork, also known as "burnout syndrome" and video game addiction have been recognized for the first time as mental disorders in the latest version of the International Clbadification of Diseases (ICD) prepared by the World Health Organization. (WHO). ).

Member States agreed that these new clbadifications would come into effect on January 1, 2022, at the 72nd World Health Assembly, to be held on the 20th of this month in Geneva, Switzerland.

"This is the first time that a burnout is entering the clbadification," said Tarik Jasarvic, spokesman for WHO, today.

The new clbadification of overwork describes him as "a physical and mental exhaustion due to the chronic stress badociated with work and unemployment," they told the agency.

The WHO would badociate it with the section "Problems related to employment and unemployment" and has been described as "a syndrome resulting from chronic stress at work that does not exist". not managed successfully ".

The body characterizes it by three elements: "a feeling of exhaustion", "a cynicism or negative feelings related to his work" and a "reduced professional efficiency".

Meanwhile, the disorder due to video games has been included in the section "Addictions" and points out that there is "a new type of mental disorder" and that the practitioner is recognized as "an addict with excessive enthusiasm for computer games". and video. "

However, to diagnose a disease in a person for a whole year, "there must be signs of a gambling disorder that negatively affects the family, society, education, the professional, and the family." other areas of life, they explained, "explained the WHO.

The international organization explained that it expects doctors and specialists to insist on prevention and treatment measures and that the behavior "is serious enough to cause significant deterioration at personal, family, social, educational and other levels. professional or in other important fields of activity. "

"The ICE is the basis for the identification of trends and statistics on global health, and the international standard for reporting diseases and health problems," the WHO said.