The impact of digital technology on psychological treatments and their dissemination

The psychological treatment of mental health problems is beginning to undergo a sea-change driven by the widespread availability of digital technology. In this paper we provide an overview of the developments to date and those in the pipeline. We describe the various uses of digital interventions an...

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Autores principales: Fairburn, Christopher G., Patel, Vikram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5214969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28110672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2016.08.012
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