About the effectiveness of telehealth procedures in psychological treatments

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-487

  Péñate, Wenceslao ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internet And computer based treatments; New technologies; Psychological treatment; Theoretical study; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866294333     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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