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Chatbots and Conversational Agents (463) New Methods (909) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (401) Reviews in Digital Mental Health (227)

Published on in Vol 23, No 1 (2021): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17828, first published .
Perceptions and Opinions of Patients About Mental Health Chatbots: Scoping Review

Perceptions and Opinions of Patients About Mental Health Chatbots: Scoping Review

Perceptions and Opinions of Patients About Mental Health Chatbots: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Alaa A Abd-Alrazaq1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mohannad Alajlani2 Author Orcid Image ;   Nashva Ali1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kerstin Denecke3 Author Orcid Image ;   Bridgette M Bewick4 Author Orcid Image ;   Mowafa Househ1 Author Orcid Image
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