Barriers to office-based mental health care and interest in e-communication with providers: A survey study

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Rai, Minnie ^a   Vigod, Simone N ^a,b   Hensel, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; e communication; Mental health; Social media; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062755145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.6068     Document Type: Article

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