The quality of mental health information commonly searched for on the Internet

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 216-221

  Grohol, John M ^a   Slimowicz, Joseph ^b   Granda, Rebecca ^c  

^a PsychCentralcom   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH;

COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84898763738     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0258     Document Type: Article

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