Smartphone apps for schizophrenia: A systematic review

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Firth, Joseph ^a   Torous, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

EHealth; Fitness; MHealth; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Smartphones; Technology; Wearables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962242068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4930     Document Type: Article

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