Psychiatric patients' internet use corresponds to the internet use of the general public

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 136-141

  Trefflich, Friederike ^a   Kalckreuth, Sophie ^a   Mergl, Roland ^a   Rummel Kluge, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Forschungszentrum der Stiftung Deutsche Depressionshilfe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Availability; Internet; Online access; Online therapy; Psychiatry; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL PATIENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926215918     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.12.037     Document Type: Article

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