A Public Health Threat Given the increasing online gaming involvement of both genders and across age groups, excessive and problematic gaming is a public health threat to our society. Public awareness of such type of addiction and associated problems should be promoted. Future prevention programmes for IGD could work on increasing individuals’ psychological resilience and help them to find their purpose in life. Active coping of psychological distress should also be considered in those programmes. In Macao, further resources should also be allocated to research and intervention programmes. Will ‘responsible gaming’ be an effective strategy for IGD prevention? We look forward to empirical findings to give us the answer. 公眾健康威脅 由於不同年齡段的兩性網遊玩家人數日益增加， 過度沉迷網遊成為公眾健康的一大威脅。所以有 必要提升公眾對網遊成癮行為及相關問題的認 識。未來預防IGD的計劃可以著重增強個人的心 理韌性，幫他們找到人生的目的，學會積極應對 各種心理問題。澳門未來也應投放適當的資源用 於該領域的研究和干預。“負責任博彩”會否成 為預防IGD的一個有效策略？我們期待實證結果 為我們提供答案。 umagazine issue 19 57
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