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Design and Formative Evaluation of Mobile Apps (809) Mobile Health in Psychiatry (527) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4018) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2111) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3315) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (740) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (708)

Published on in Vol 12 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/54945, first published .
A Chatbot-Delivered Stress Management Coaching for Students (MISHA App): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

A Chatbot-Delivered Stress Management Coaching for Students (MISHA App): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

A Chatbot-Delivered Stress Management Coaching for Students (MISHA App): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

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Sandra Ulrich1 Author Orcid Image ;   Natascha Lienhard1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hansjörg Künzli1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tobias Kowatsch2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image
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