How patients with schizophrenia use the internet: Qualitative Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Schrank, Beate ^a   Sibitz, Ingrid ^a   Unger, Annemarie ^a   Amering, Michaela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviors; Internet; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78651290688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1550     Document Type: Article

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