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Clinical Practice Article

Proposing a standardized, step-by-step model for creating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related mobile mental health apps in a framework based on technical and medical norms

Propuesta de un modelo estandarizado, etapificado para crear aplicaciones móviles de salud mental relacionadas con Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático (TEPT) en un marco basado en normas técnicas y medicas

Propuesta de un modelo estandarizado, etapificado para crear aplicaciones móviles de salud mental relacionadas con Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático (TEPT) en un marco basado en normas técnicas y medicas

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Article: 1611090 | Received 08 Mar 2018, Accepted 15 Apr 2019, Published online: 15 May 2019

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