An online, moderated peer-to-peer support bulletin board for depression: User-perceived advantages and disadvantages

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Griffiths, Kathleen Margaret ^a   Reynolds, Julia ^a   Vassallo, Sara ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Internet; Mental health; Support group

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029672470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.4266     Document Type: Article

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