A virtual mental health clinic for university students: A qualitative study of end-user service needs and priorities

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Farrer, Louise ^a   Gulliver, Amelia ^a   Chan, Jade K Y ^a   Bennett, Kylie ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Online; Qualitative; Student; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969430055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.3890     Document Type: Article

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