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Reviews in Digital Mental Health (289) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1691) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4018) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1330) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2111) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3464) mHealth in the Developing World/LMICs, Underserved Communities, and for Global Health (717) Health Services in Resource-Poor Settings and LMICs (542)

Published on in Vol 10 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/43066, first published .
Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Tools to Reduce Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Tools to Reduce Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Tools to Reduce Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Jiyeong Kim1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lois M D Aryee2 Author Orcid Image ;   Heejung Bang3 Author Orcid Image ;   Steffi Prajogo4 Author Orcid Image ;   Yong K Choi5 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeffrey S Hoch6 Author Orcid Image ;   Elizabeth L Prado7 Author Orcid Image
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