Internet support groups for depression: a 1-year prospective cohort study.

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Published in Am J Psychiatry on December 01, 2002

Authors

Thomas K Houston1, Lisa A Cooper, Daniel E Ford

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2024 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

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