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Chatbots and Conversational Agents (265) Substance Abuse (304) Design and Formative Evaluation of Mobile Apps (605) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1138)

Published on in Vol 23 , No 3 (2021) :March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24850, first published .
A Therapeutic Relational Agent for Reducing Problematic Substance Use (Woebot): Development and Usability Study

A Therapeutic Relational Agent for Reducing Problematic Substance Use (Woebot): Development and Usability Study

A Therapeutic Relational Agent for Reducing Problematic Substance Use (Woebot): Development and Usability Study

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Judith J Prochaska 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Erin A Vogel 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Amy Chieng 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Matthew Kendra 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Michael Baiocchi 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Sarah Pajarito 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Athena Robinson 4 Author Orcid Image
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