How Google's 'ten things we know to be true' could guide the development of mental health mobile apps

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1603-1611

  Jones, Sarah P ^a,b   Patel, Vikram ^c   Saxena, Shekhar ^d   Radcliffe, Naomi ^b   Al Marri, Salih Ali ^e   Darzi, Ara ^a,b  

^a QATAR FOUNDATION   (Qatar)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Supreme Council of Health   (Qatar)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEARCH ENGINE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SEARCH ENGINE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84907053556     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0380     Document Type: Article

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