Cognitive Behavioral Mobile Applications: Clinical Studies, Marketplace Overview, and Research Agenda

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 215-225

  Torous, John ^a   Levin, Michael E ^b   Ahern, David K ^a   Oser, Megan L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBT; mobile; smartphone; technology

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION THERAPY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS; MOBILE APPLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMARTPHONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84979688620     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2016.05.007     Document Type: Article

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