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Theme Issue 2024: 25 Years of Digital Health Excellence (82) Viewpoints and Perspectives (1490) Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (857) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3431) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (965) Innovations in Mental Health Systems (688) Digital Health Reporting Standards, Quality and Transparency in e-Research (263) Innovations in Clinical Trials and Research Data Management (227) Vulnerable Populations in Health Research (369)

Published on in Vol 26 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/58939, first published .
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Research Into Digital Health Intervention for Mental Health: 25-Year Retrospective on the Ethical and Legal Challenges

Research Into Digital Health Intervention for Mental Health: 25-Year Retrospective on the Ethical and Legal Challenges

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Charlotte L Hall1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Aislinn D Gómez Bergin3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Stefan Rennick-Egglestone2, 5 Author Orcid Image
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