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Telepsychiatry: knowledge, effectiveness, and willingness; assessments of psychiatrists in Saudi Arabia

Saleh A. Alghamdi, Osamah M. Alshahrani, Abdulmajeed K. Alharbi, Omar A. Alghamdi, Reem A. Almohaini and Jouf Y. Alsayat
Neurosciences Journal April 2022, 27 (2) 79-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.2.20210125
Saleh A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine (Alshahrani, Alghamdi, Almohaini, Alsayat), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from College of Medicine (Alharbi), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Osamah M. Alshahrani
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine (Alshahrani, Alghamdi, Almohaini, Alsayat), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from College of Medicine (Alharbi), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulmajeed K. Alharbi
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine (Alshahrani, Alghamdi, Almohaini, Alsayat), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from College of Medicine (Alharbi), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Omar A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine (Alshahrani, Alghamdi, Almohaini, Alsayat), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from College of Medicine (Alharbi), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Reem A. Almohaini
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine (Alshahrani, Alghamdi, Almohaini, Alsayat), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from College of Medicine (Alharbi), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jouf Y. Alsayat
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Alghamdi), College of Medicine (Alshahrani, Alghamdi, Almohaini, Alsayat), Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, and from College of Medicine (Alharbi), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Neurosciences Journal Apr 2022, 27 (2) 79-86; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2022.2.20210125

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Neurosciences Journal Apr 2022, 27 (2) 79-86; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2022.2.20210125
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