mHealth app for cannabis users: Satisfaction and perceived usefulness

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Monney, Grégoire ^a,b   Penzenstadler, Louise ^a   Dupraz, Olivia ^b   Etter, Jean François ^b   Khazaal, Yasser ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Addiction; App; Cannabis; Cognitive behavior therapy; Mhealth; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CANNABIS USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84940517596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00120     Document Type: Article

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