Designing Websites for Persons With Cognitive Deficits: Design and Usability of a Psychoeducational Intervention for Persons With Severe Mental Illness

Psychological Services

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-224

  Rotondi, Armando J ^a   Sinkule, Jennifer ^a   Haas, Gretchen L ^a   Spring, Michael B ^b   Litschge, Christine M ^a   Newhill, Christina E ^b   Ganguli, Rohan ^a   Anderson, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

accessibility; cognitive deficits; severe mental illness; telehealth; website

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548852614     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.4.3.202     Document Type: Article

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