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Reviews on Human Factors (73) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (528) Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (419) Users' and Patients' Needs for Mental Health Services (504) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2122) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3479)

Published on in Vol 9, No 1 (2022): Jan-Mar

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/30766, first published .
User Experience, Engagement, and Popularity in Mental Health Apps: Secondary Analysis of App Analytics and Expert App Reviews

User Experience, Engagement, and Popularity in Mental Health Apps: Secondary Analysis of App Analytics and Expert App Reviews

User Experience, Engagement, and Popularity in Mental Health Apps: Secondary Analysis of App Analytics and Expert App Reviews

Authors of this article:

Benjamin T Kaveladze1 Author Orcid Image ;   Akash R Wasil2 Author Orcid Image ;   John B Bunyi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Veronica Ramirez1 Author Orcid Image ;   Stephen M Schueller1, 3 Author Orcid Image
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