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Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (1008) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2706) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (2024) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (950) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (927) Information Quality in Digital Media (459) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1419) Information Seeking, Information Needs (657)

Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/44656, first published .
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The “Loci” of Misinformation and Its Correction in Peer- and Expert-Led Online Communities for Mental Health: Content Analysis

The “Loci” of Misinformation and Its Correction in Peer- and Expert-Led Online Communities for Mental Health: Content Analysis

Authors of this article:

Nicole Bizzotto1 Author Orcid Image ;   Peter Johannes Schulz1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Gert-Jan de Bruijn4 Author Orcid Image
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