Evaluation of an mhealth app (DeStressify) on university students-mental health: Pilot trial

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Lee, Rebecca Anne ^a   Jung, Mary Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental Health; Mhealth; Mindfulness; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85106544346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.8324     Document Type: Article

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