'SMS' for mental health - Feasibility and acceptability of using text messages for mental health promotion among young women from urban low income settings in India

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-64

  Chandra, Prabha S ^a   Sowmya, H R ^a   Mehrotra, Seema ^a   Duggal, Mona ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Gender; India; Mental health promotion; MHealth; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIBLING RELATION; TELEPSYCHIATRY; TEXT MESSAGING; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEXT MESSAGING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84912031259     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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