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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2023

Social Media is Addictive and Influences Behavior: Should it Be Regulated as a Digital Therapeutic?

Eric Perakslis, Yuri Quintana

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eric Perakslis *Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2395-810X
Yuri Quintana *Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6583-0257

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, we were deeply saddened by the findings of the coroner investigating the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell. Deeply saddened and angry but not surprised. This case should be seen as a sentinel event, given that this is the first time social media was directly implicated as a cause of death. We should use this opportunity to advance proposals for the regulations of the health effects of social media.

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Behavior, AddictiveSocial MediaAdolescentHumansaddictionsadverse eventCanadaEuropean UnionFDAFood and Drug Administrationhealth policymental healthprivacysecuritysocial mediasuicideUnited KingdomUnited Statesyouth mental health

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PMID36701180
PMCPMC9912146

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