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Problematic Internet Use, Online Gambling and Game Addiction (335) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3216) Longitudinal and Cohort Studies in Public Health (917) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1611) Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (764) Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) (510) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (2031) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1964) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (4234) JMH Theme Issue: COVID-19 and Mental Health: Impact and Interventions 2023 (552)

Published on in Vol 9, No 1 (2022): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/33114, first published .
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Problematic Internet Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Youth in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment: App-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Problematic Internet Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Youth in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment: App-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

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Meredith Gansner1 Author Orcid Image ;   Melanie Nisenson1 Author Orcid Image ;   Vanessa Lin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sovannarath Pong1 Author Orcid Image ;   John Torous2 Author Orcid Image ;   Nicholas Carson1 Author Orcid Image
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