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Digital Health Reviews (1742) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2145) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (530) Behavior Change (869) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3339) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4050) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3491)

Published on in Vol 24, No 3 (2022): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/27791, first published .
Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in e–Mental Health Apps: Literature Review

Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in e–Mental Health Apps: Literature Review

Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in e–Mental Health Apps: Literature Review

Authors of this article:

Kerstin Denecke1 Author Orcid Image ;   Nicole Schmid2 Author Orcid Image ;   Stephan Nüssli1 Author Orcid Image
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