Prevalence of mental disorders among high school students in National Guard Housing, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-51

  Al Sughayr, Abdulrhman ^a   Ferwana, Mazen ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; GHQ 28; high school students; mental disorder; prevalence; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891867822     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.94015     Document Type: Article

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