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Reviews in Digital Mental Health (225) Mental Health Games (77) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (424) e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1388) Games and Gamification for Health (604) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (3094) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (641) Mobile Health (mhealth) (2748) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1273)

Published on in Vol 8, No 11 (2021): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/32199, first published .
Examining the Effectiveness of Gamification in Mental Health Apps for Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Examining the Effectiveness of Gamification in Mental Health Apps for Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Examining the Effectiveness of Gamification in Mental Health Apps for Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Stephanie G Six1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kaileigh A Byrne1 Author Orcid Image ;   Thomas P Tibbett2 Author Orcid Image ;   Irene Pericot-Valverde3 Author Orcid Image
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