%0 Journal Article
%@ 1438-8871
%I JMIR Publications
%V 25
%N 
%P e43174
%T Social Media is Addictive and Influences Behavior: Should it Be Regulated as a Digital Therapeutic?
%A Perakslis,Eric
%A Quintana,Yuri
%+ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 133 Brookline Avenue, HVMA Annex, Suite 2200, Boston, MA, 02215, United States, 1 901 568 1964, yquintan@bidmc.harvard.edu
%K social media
%K mental health
%K suicide
%K health policy
%K addictions
%K youth mental health
%K FDA
%K Food and Drug Administration
%K Canada
%K United Kingdom
%K United States
%K European Union
%K privacy
%K security
%K adverse event
%D 2023
%7 26.1.2023
%9 Viewpoint
%J J Med Internet Res
%G English
%X 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.
%M 36701180
%R 10.2196/43174
%U https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e43174
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/43174
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36701180