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mHealth for Screening (298) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (560) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (743) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3323) mHealth for Data Collection and Research (1202)

Published on in Vol 10, No 10 (2022): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/28082, first published .
Validity of Chatbot Use for Mental Health Assessment: Experimental Study

Validity of Chatbot Use for Mental Health Assessment: Experimental Study

Validity of Chatbot Use for Mental Health Assessment: Experimental Study

Authors of this article:

Anita Schick1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jasper Feine2 Author Orcid Image ;   Stefan Morana3 Author Orcid Image ;   Alexander Maedche2 Author Orcid Image ;   Ulrich Reininghaus1 Author Orcid Image
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