The Internet and Psychiatry. An evaluation of Dutch-language websites;Depressie & internet: Een evaluatie van Nederlandstalise websites

Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 805-813

  Van Asten, G ^a,b,c   Pieters, G ^d,e   Joos, S ^e  

^a PC St Kamillus ^*  (Belgium)

^b Psychosociaal Centrum   (Belgium)

^c Ctr Geestelijke Gezondh Andante   (Netherlands)

^d Ctr Geestelijke Gezondh V B Oost   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Depression; Internet; Quality of information; Website

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0346903027     PISSN: 03037339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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