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Exploring the predictors of depression among Saudi adolescents

Time for urgent firm actions

Nada A. AlYousefi, Mohammed O. AlRukban, Abdullah M. AlMana, Talal H. AlTukhaim, Basel A. AlMeflh, Yazeed O. AlMutairi and Omar S. AlMogheer
Saudi Medical Journal June 2021, 42 (6) 673-681; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.6.20200790
Nada A. AlYousefi
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlYousefi, AlRukban), College of Medicine (AlMana, AlTukhaim, AlMeflh, AlMutairi, AlMogheer), King Saud University; and from the King Saud University Medical City (AlYousefi, AlRukban), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed O. AlRukban
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlYousefi, AlRukban), College of Medicine (AlMana, AlTukhaim, AlMeflh, AlMutairi, AlMogheer), King Saud University; and from the King Saud University Medical City (AlYousefi, AlRukban), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah M. AlMana
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlYousefi, AlRukban), College of Medicine (AlMana, AlTukhaim, AlMeflh, AlMutairi, AlMogheer), King Saud University; and from the King Saud University Medical City (AlYousefi, AlRukban), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Talal H. AlTukhaim
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Basel A. AlMeflh
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlYousefi, AlRukban), College of Medicine (AlMana, AlTukhaim, AlMeflh, AlMutairi, AlMogheer), King Saud University; and from the King Saud University Medical City (AlYousefi, AlRukban), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yazeed O. AlMutairi
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Omar S. AlMogheer
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vol. 42 no. 6 673-681
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.6.20200790
PubMed 
34078731

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received December 9, 2020
  • Accepted April 9, 2021
  • Published online June 2, 2021.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This 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.

Author Information

  1. Nada A. AlYousefi, SBFM, ABFM⇑,
  2. Mohammed O. AlRukban, SBFM, ABFM,
  3. Abdullah M. AlMana, MBBS,
  4. Talal H. AlTukhaim, MBBS,
  5. Basel A. AlMeflh, MBBS,
  6. Yazeed O. AlMutairi, MBBS and
  7. Omar S. AlMogheer, MBBS
  1. From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlYousefi, AlRukban), College of Medicine (AlMana, AlTukhaim, AlMeflh, AlMutairi, AlMogheer), King Saud University; and from the King Saud University Medical City (AlYousefi, AlRukban), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Nada A. Alyousefi, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: nalyousefi{at}ksu.edu.sa ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9142-425X
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2021, 42 (6) 673-681; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.6.20200790
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