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Psychiatric patients’ awareness of their illnesses and medications

Abdullah M. Al Hathloul, Mohammad A. Al Jafer and Ibrahim A. Al Fraih
Neurosciences Journal January 2016, 21 (1) 37-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.1.20150481
Abdullah M. Al Hathloul
From the Department of Psychiatry (Al Hathloul), Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, the Department of Psychiatry (Al Jafer, Al Fraih), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammad A. Al Jafer
From the Department of Psychiatry (Al Hathloul), Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, the Department of Psychiatry (Al Jafer, Al Fraih), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ibrahim A. Al Fraih
From the Department of Psychiatry (Al Hathloul), Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, the Department of Psychiatry (Al Jafer, Al Fraih), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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