Digital solutions to promote adolescent mental health: Opportunities and challenges for research and practice

Jason Bantjes

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004008

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Digital solutions to promote adolescent mental health: Opportunities and challenges for research and practice

Jason Bantjes

* E-mail: Jason.Bantjes@mrc.ac.za

Affiliations Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-9883

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Digital solutions to promote adolescent mental health: Opportunities and challenges for research and practice

Jason Bantjes

Published: May 31, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004008

About the Authors

Jason Bantjes

* E-mail: Jason.Bantjes@mrc.ac.za

Affiliations Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-9883

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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