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Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3414) Mobile Health (mhealth) (5340) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1858) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (4359) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (757) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (1256) Artificial Intelligence (5108) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (1679)

Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/75381, first published .
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Understanding University Students’ Experiences of Engaging With AI and Apps for Their Mental Health and Well-Being: Qualitative Study

Understanding University Students’ Experiences of Engaging With AI and Apps for Their Mental Health and Well-Being: Qualitative Study

Authors of this article:

Julia Groot1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ben Ainsworth2 Author Orcid Image ;   Nathalia Gjersoe1 Author Orcid Image ;   Christopher Clarke3 Author Orcid Image ;   Richard Hamshaw1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Brosnan4 Author Orcid Image
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  1. Cheng N, Yu R, Wang X. Benefits over risks: a technology acceptance study of LLM-powered conversational agents for non-clinical mental health support. Ergonomics 2026:1 View
  2. Tang M, Stringer J, Hayden K, Storrs H, Velmovitsky P, Paquin V, Halsall T, Lindenbach D, Joiner T, Frizzle C, Dimitropoulos G, Kever S, Thannhauser J, Hews-Girard J. Dear AI: A scoping review of post-secondary students’ use, experiences, and self-reported outcomes related to the use of AI tools for mental health support. DIGITAL HEALTH 2026;12 View