mHealth: A mechanism to deliver more accessible, more effective mental health care

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 427-436

  Price, Matthew ^a   Yuen, Erica K ^b   Goetter, Elizabeth M ^c,d   Herbert, James D ^c   Forman, Evan M ^c   Acierno, Ron ^e,f   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; mHealth; Mobile phone; Technology based care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CELL PHONES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919868321     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1855     Document Type: Article

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