Published on in Vol 6, No 10 (2019): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/14166, first published .
Conversational Agents in the Treatment of Mental Health Problems: Mixed-Method Systematic Review

Conversational Agents in the Treatment of Mental Health Problems: Mixed-Method Systematic Review

Conversational Agents in the Treatment of Mental Health Problems: Mixed-Method Systematic Review

Authors of this article:

Hannah Gaffney1 Author Orcid Image ;   Warren Mansell1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sara Tai1 Author Orcid Image

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