Mobile telephone apps in mental health practice: uses, opportunities and challenges
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Mobile telephone apps in mental health practice: uses, opportunities and challenges.
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عنوان ژورنال: BJPsych Bulletin
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2056-4694,2056-4708
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.114.050005