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The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the development of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Saudi Arabia

Deemah A. Alateeq, Haneen N. Almughera, Tharaa N. Almughera, Raghad F. Alfedeah, Taeef S. Nasser and Khozama A. Alaraj
Saudi Medical Journal July 2021, 42 (7) 750-760; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210181
Deemah A. Alateeq
From the Clinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS, SB-Psych
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Haneen N. Almughera
From the Clinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Tharaa N. Almughera
From the Clinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Raghad F. Alfedeah
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Taeef S. Nasser
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Khozama A. Alaraj
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vol. 42 no. 7 750-760
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210181
PubMed 
34187919

Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received March 8, 2021
  • Accepted May 30, 2021
  • Published online June 28, 2021.

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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.

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  1. Deemah A. Alateeq, MBBS, SB-Psych⇑,
  2. Haneen N. Almughera, MBBS,
  3. Tharaa N. Almughera, MBBS,
  4. Raghad F. Alfedeah, MBBS,
  5. Taeef S. Nasser, MBBS and
  6. Khozama A. Alaraj, MBBS
  1. From the Clinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Deemah A. AlAteeq, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: Dalateeq{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-5370
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