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Special Issue 2019: Computing and Mental Health (Guest Editors: Torous, Calvo, Wadley, Wolters) (14) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (486) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (378) Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (380)

Published on in Vol 6, No 8 (2019): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/13524, first published .
Young People Seeking Help Online for Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Young People Seeking Help Online for Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Young People Seeking Help Online for Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Claudette Pretorius1 Author Orcid Image ;   Derek Chambers2 Author Orcid Image ;   Benjamin Cowan3 Author Orcid Image ;   David Coyle1 Author Orcid Image
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