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Published on in Vol 22, No 9 (2020): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17164, first published .
Nonprofessional Peer Support to Improve Mental Health: Randomized Trial of a Scalable Web-Based Peer Counseling Course

Nonprofessional Peer Support to Improve Mental Health: Randomized Trial of a Scalable Web-Based Peer Counseling Course

Nonprofessional Peer Support to Improve Mental Health: Randomized Trial of a Scalable Web-Based Peer Counseling Course

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Samantha L Bernecker1 Author Orcid Image ;   Joseph Jay Williams2 Author Orcid Image ;   Norian A Caporale-Berkowitz3 Author Orcid Image ;   Akash R Wasil4 Author Orcid Image ;   Michael J Constantino5 Author Orcid Image
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