If I'm throwing up everywhere, have a high fever, or generally show some other thing internally or externally that I know is medical and I need help with it, then I'll go get a doctor's opinion. When it comes to games, however, doctors really should just zip it and focus on something more important, like curing cancer possibly. Do doctors really need to publically assign specific symptoms to MMO addiction? And saying we need a new rating system or wanting kids to play no more than 2 hours of games a day...makes you think Jack Thompson has a cousin who is a doctor.

From the article:

Delegates of the American Medical Association will consider a surprising number of video game issues when they meet in Chicago later this month.

Among the proposals under consideration are the declaration of ”video game addiction” as a formal diagnostic disorder. Also up for vote by delegates is a proposal to urge the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ESRB and parents groups to establish an improved rating system for video games.

Delegates will also vote on whether to recommend that children’s video game use be limited to two hours a day.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com