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Stigmatizing attitudes of tertiary hospital physicians towards people with mental disorders in Saudi Arabia

Sami Y. Saad, Asma S. Almatrafi, Rahaf K. Ali, Yasmin M. Mansouri and Omniah M. Andijani
Saudi Medical Journal September 2019, 40 (9) 936-942; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.9.24510

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