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Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among medical students: A cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

Mohammed A. Aljaffer, Ahmad H. Almadani, Saleh A. Alghamdi, Ibrahim M. Alabdulkarim, Mohammed A. Albabtain, Rayed M. Altameem, Abdulrahman A. Almugren, Abdulaziz F. Alomairy and Abdulaziz A. Alghofaily
Neurosciences Journal October 2022, 27 (4) 257-262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.4.20220049
Mohammed A. Aljaffer
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad H. Almadani
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Saleh A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ibrahim M. Alabdulkarim
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Albabtain
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Rayed M. Altameem
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman A. Almugren
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz F. Alomairy
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz A. Alghofaily
From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 27 no. 4 257-262
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.4.20220049
PubMed 
36252975

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1658-3183
History 
  • Received June 24, 2022
  • Accepted August 2, 2022
  • Published online October 17, 2022.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Mohammed A. Aljaffer, MBBS, MD,
  2. Ahmad H. Almadani, MBBS, FRCPC⇑,
  3. Saleh A. Alghamdi, MBBS, MD,
  4. Ibrahim M. Alabdulkarim, MBBS,
  5. Mohammed A. Albabtain, MBBS,
  6. Rayed M. Altameem, MBBS,
  7. Abdulrahman A. Almugren, MBBS,
  8. Abdulaziz F. Alomairy, MBBS and
  9. Abdulaziz A. Alghofaily, MBBS
  1. From the Department of Psychiatry (Aljaffer, Almadani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the College of Medicine (Alabdulkarim, Albabtain, Altameem, Almugren, Alomairy, Alghofaily), King Saud University, and from the Clinical Neurosciences Department (Alghamdi), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ahmad H. Almadani, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: ahalmadani{at}ksu.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4490-3220
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