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Reviews in Digital Mental Health (594) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (6029) Mobile Health (mhealth) (5358) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3432) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (4373) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (2560)

Published on in Vol 10 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/46877, first published .
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Efficacy, Safety, and Evaluation Criteria of mHealth Interventions for Depression: Systematic Review

Efficacy, Safety, and Evaluation Criteria of mHealth Interventions for Depression: Systematic Review

Authors of this article:

Andrea Duarte-Díaz1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Estel Gelabert5 Author Orcid Image ;   Noemí Robles2, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Antoni Pérez-Navarro7, 8 Author Orcid Image ;   Josep Vidal-Alaball9, 10, 11 Author Orcid Image ;   Oriol Solà-Morales12, 13, 14 Author Orcid Image ;   Ariadna Sales Masnou15 Author Orcid Image ;   Carme Carrion2, 16, 17 Author Orcid Image
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