Breaking open the black box: Isolating the most potent features of a web and mobile phone-based intervention for depression, anxiety, and stress

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Whitton, Alexis E ^a   Proudfoot, Judith ^a,b   Clarke, Janine ^a   Birch, Mary Rose ^a   Parker, Gordon ^a,b   Manicavasagar, Vijaya ^a,b   Hadzi Pavlovic, Dusan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; eHealth; Mental health; Psychological stress; Self help; Stress; Web based

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963564223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.3573     Document Type: Article

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