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Online peer-to-peer support in youth mental health: seizing the opportunity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2016

M. Alvarez-Jimenez*
Affiliation:
Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
J. F. Gleeson
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University, School of Psychology, Melbourne, Australia
S. Rice
Affiliation:
Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
C. Gonzalez-Blanch
Affiliation:
University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
S. Bendall
Affiliation:
Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
*
*Address for correspondence: Associate Professor M. Álvarez-Jiménez, Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, 35, Poplar Road, Parkville 3054, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. (Email: mario.alvarez@orygen.org.au; malvarez@unimelb.edu.au)

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