How Digital Technology Mediated the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health: The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent

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Published in:Frontiers in digital health Vol. 3; p. 733151
Main Authors: Gega, Lina, Aboujaoude, Elias
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Author Aboujaoude, Elias
Gega, Lina
AuthorAffiliation 1 Department of Health Sciences & Hull York Medical School, University of York , York , United Kingdom
2 Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford, CA , United States
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suicide
internet gaming disorder
depression
equity
internet
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