Public acceptability of e-mental health treatment services for psychological problems: A scoping review

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Apolinário Hagen, Jennifer ^a   Kemper, Jessica ^a   Stürmer, Carolina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acceptability of healthcare; Attitude to computers; Cognitive therapy; Computer literacy; Diffusion of innovation; eHealth; Mental health; Patient preference; Public opinion; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046883460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.6186     Document Type: Article

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