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Mobile Health (mhealth) (3464) Artificial Intelligence (2129) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1330) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (527) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1691) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4018)

Published on in Vol 23, No 6 (2021): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/26771, first published .
Acceptability and Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Therapy for Anxiety and Depression (Youper): Longitudinal Observational Study

Acceptability and Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Therapy for Anxiety and Depression (Youper): Longitudinal Observational Study

Acceptability and Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence Therapy for Anxiety and Depression (Youper): Longitudinal Observational Study

Authors of this article:

Ashish Mehta1 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrea Nicole Niles2 Author Orcid Image ;   Jose Hamilton Vargas2 Author Orcid Image ;   Thiago Marafon2 Author Orcid Image ;   Diego Dotta Couto2 Author Orcid Image ;   James Jonathan Gross1 Author Orcid Image
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