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Digital Health Reviews (1516) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3151) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1802) Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (394) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (3627) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3096) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (627)

Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

This is a member publication of Imperial College London (Jisc)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45984, first published .
Scope, Characteristics, Behavior Change Techniques, and Quality of Conversational Agents for Mental Health and Well-Being: Systematic Assessment of Apps

Scope, Characteristics, Behavior Change Techniques, and Quality of Conversational Agents for Mental Health and Well-Being: Systematic Assessment of Apps

Scope, Characteristics, Behavior Change Techniques, and Quality of Conversational Agents for Mental Health and Well-Being: Systematic Assessment of Apps

Authors of this article:

Xiaowen Lin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Laura Martinengo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ahmad Ishqi Jabir1 Author Orcid Image ;   Andy Hau Yan Ho2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Josip Car3, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Rifat Atun6 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorainne Tudor Car1, 5 Author Orcid Image
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