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Formative Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (2803) Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (394) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1512) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (477)

Published on in Vol 5, No 7 (2021): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/27018, first published .
User Engagement and Usability of Suicide Prevention Apps: Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis

User Engagement and Usability of Suicide Prevention Apps: Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis

User Engagement and Usability of Suicide Prevention Apps: Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis

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Chelsey R Wilks1 Author Orcid Image ;   Carol Chu2 Author Orcid Image ;   DongGun Sim3 Author Orcid Image ;   Josh Lovell4 Author Orcid Image ;   Peter Gutierrez5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Thomas Joiner7 Author Orcid Image ;   Ronald C Kessler8 Author Orcid Image ;   Matthew K Nock9 Author Orcid Image
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