Mixing online and face-to-face therapy: How to benefit from blended care in mental health care

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wentzel, Jobke ^a   Van der Vaart, Rosalie ^b   Bohlmeijer, Ernst T ^a   Van Gemert Pijnen, Julia E W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blended care; Internet delivered cognitive behavior therapy; Mental health care; Online; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982746358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.4534     Document Type: Review

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