Comentário ao Artigo “Regulação Para o Uso Problemático de Smartphones e Redes Sociais entre Jovens: Um Desafio e uma Oportunidade para a Saúde Pública”

Cecília Elias; Isabella Teixeira; Catarina de Paraíso Camarinha; Andreia Silva Costa; Paulo Jorge Nogueira

doi:10.20344/amp.24355

Comment on the Article “Regulating for Problematic Smartphone and Social Media Use Among Youth: A Public Health Challenge and Opportunity”

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Cecília Elias EPI Task-Force. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. & Instituto de Saúde Ambiental. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. & Direção de Serviços de Prevenção da Saúde e Promoção da Doença. Direção Geral de Saúde. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3922-7152
Isabella Teixeira EPI Task-Force. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. & Unidade de Saúde Pública de Amadora/Sintra. Unidade Local de Saúde Amadora/Sintra. Amadora. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9866-2881
Catarina de Paraíso Camarinha EPI Task-Force. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6906-1392
Andreia Silva Costa EPI Task-Force. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. & Centro de Investigação, Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Enfermagem de Lisboa (CIDNUR). Escola Superior de Enfermagem. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. & Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing (CRC-W). Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-4402
Paulo Jorge Nogueira EPI Task-Force. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. & Centro de Investigação, Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Enfermagem de Lisboa (CIDNUR). Escola Superior de Enfermagem. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. & Laboratório Associado TERRA. Instituto de Saúde Ambiental. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-5035

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Adolescent, Child, Internet Use, Public Health, Screen Time, Smartphone, Social Media

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2026-06-01

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Elias C, Teixeira I, de Paraíso Camarinha C, Silva Costa A, Nogueira PJ. Comment on the Article “Regulating for Problematic Smartphone and Social Media Use Among Youth: A Public Health Challenge and Opportunity”. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2026 Jun. 1 [cited 2026 Jun. 4];39(6-7):427-8. Available from: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/24355

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