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Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1691) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2111) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1330) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3464) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3315) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4018) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (527) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (502) Innovations in Mental Health Systems (484) Transdiagnostic Mental Health Interventions (207)

Published on in Vol 9, No 8 (2022): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/39516, first published .
The Effect of Mental Health App Customization on Depressive Symptoms in College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Mental Health App Customization on Depressive Symptoms in College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Mental Health App Customization on Depressive Symptoms in College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Stephanie G Six1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kaileigh A Byrne1 Author Orcid Image ;   Heba Aly2 Author Orcid Image ;   Maggie W Harris1 Author Orcid Image
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