The Mental Health System in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Lujain N Almubarak*; Abdulhameed A Alhabeeb

**Lujain N Almubarak* and Abdulhameed A Alhabeeb**

Volume5-Issue7
Dates: Received: 2024-06-27 | Accepted: 2024-07-16 | Published: 2024-07-18
Pages: 773-778

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Almubarak LN, Alhabeeb AA. The Mental Health System in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2024 Jul 18; 5(7): 773-778. doi: 10.37871/jbres1954, Article ID: JBRES1954, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/ jbres1954.pdf

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Public Health

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