Rethinking online mental health services in China during the COVID-19 epidemic

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¹ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
² Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK. Electronic address: chenjhv@smhc.org.cn.
³ Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China. Electronic address: xuyifeng@smhc.org.cn.

Hao Yao et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr:50:102015.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102015. Epub 2020 Mar 23.

¹ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
² Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China; Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK. Electronic address: chenjhv@smhc.org.cn.
³ Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China. Electronic address: xuyifeng@smhc.org.cn.

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Malathesh BC, Gowda GS, Kumar CN, Narayana M, Math SB. Malathesh BC, et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Jun;51:102105. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102105. Epub 2020 Apr 17. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020. PMID: 32334410 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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