Blending face-to-face and internet-based interventions for the treatment of mental disorders in adults: Systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Erbe, Doris ^a   Psych, Dipl ^d   Eichert, Hans Christoph ^a   Riper, Heleen ^b   Ebert, David Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Blended treatment; Internet; Mental health; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 85031085835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6588     Document Type: Review

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