Quantifying app store dynamics: Longitudinal tracking of mental health apps

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Larsen, Mark Erik ^a   Nicholas, Jennifer ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Mental health; Mobile applications; Mobile apps; Suicide; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003741225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6020     Document Type: Article

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