Beyond efficacy: The depth and diversity of current internet interventions

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Christensen, Helen ^a   Calear, Alison L ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^c   Thorndike, Frances P ^d   Tait, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84864235014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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