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Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1514) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (3297) Transdiagnostic Mental Health Interventions (160)

Published on in Vol 20, No 12 (2018): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11007, first published .
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online and Blended Therapy: Survey Study Amongst Licensed Psychotherapists in Austria

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online and Blended Therapy: Survey Study Amongst Licensed Psychotherapists in Austria

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online and Blended Therapy: Survey Study Amongst Licensed Psychotherapists in Austria

Authors of this article:

Raphael Schuster1 Author Orcid Image ;   Raffaela Pokorny2 Author Orcid Image ;   Thomas Berger3 Author Orcid Image ;   Naira Topooco4 Author Orcid Image ;   Anton-Rupert Laireiter1, 2 Author Orcid Image
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