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Net-effect? Online psychological interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Sue Lauder,
Andrea Chester and
Michael Berk
Sue Lauder
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical & Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Andrea Chester
Affiliation:
Division of Psychology, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Michael Berk*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical & Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, VIC, Australia
*
Professor Michael Berk, Department of Clinical & Biomedical Sciences, Swanson Centre – Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, PO Box 281, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. Tel: +61 3 5226 7450; Fax: +61 3 5246 5165; E-mail: mikebe@barwonhealth.org.au
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , December 2007, pp. 386 - 388
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Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard

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