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Special Issue on Computing and Mental Health (2018) (33) Demographics of Users, Social & Digital Divide (679) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (2743) Use and User Demographics of mHealth (311) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (381) Information Seeking, Information Needs (424)

Published on in Vol 20, No 6 (2018): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/10141, first published .
Discovery of and Interest in Health Apps Among Those With Mental Health Needs: Survey and Focus Group Study

Discovery of and Interest in Health Apps Among Those With Mental Health Needs: Survey and Focus Group Study

Discovery of and Interest in Health Apps Among Those With Mental Health Needs: Survey and Focus Group Study

Authors of this article:

Stephen M Schueller1 Author Orcid Image ;   Martha Neary1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kristen O'Loughlin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Elizabeth C Adkins1 Author Orcid Image
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