Digital exclusion among mental health service users: Qualitative investigation

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Greer, Ben ^a,b   Robotham, Dan ^a,c   Simblett, Sara ^a,b   Curtis, Hannah ^a,b   Griffiths, Helena ^a,b   Wykes, Til ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of ArtsThe McPin Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Digital exclusion; Digital inequality; EHealth; Mental health; Mobile phone; Social exclusion; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85059796760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/11696     Document Type: Article

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