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Formative Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (4904) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3067) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (658) Qualitative Methods (228) Loneliness and Social Isolation (207)

Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/89798, first published .
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Loneliness From the Digital Mental Health Practitioners’ Perspective: Thematic Analysis of Semistructured Interviews

Loneliness From the Digital Mental Health Practitioners’ Perspective: Thematic Analysis of Semistructured Interviews

Authors of this article:

Gregor Milligan1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Liz Dowthwaite3 Author Orcid Image ;   James Goulding2 Author Orcid Image ;   Elvira Perez Vallejos4 Author Orcid Image
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Gregor Milligan   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Liz Dowthwaite   3 * , PhD ;   James Goulding   2 * , PhD ;   Elvira Perez Vallejos   4 * , PhD

1 School of Computing and Digital Technologies, College of Business, Technology and Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

2 N/LAB, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

3 School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

4 School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

*all authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Gregor Milligan, PhD
  • School of Computing and Digital Technologies, College of Business, Technology and Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Sheffield, England S1 1WB
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: +44(0)7795660354
  • Email: g.milligan@shu.ac.uk