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Psychiatry in Saudi Arabia: an overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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The population of Saudi Arabia is about 10 million, 37% of whom live in the cities. Birth control is discouraged because of cultural and religious beliefs and the average size of the family unit is six people. Islam is the religion of the state and it is the source of its civil and criminal legislative systems. As a divine law it cannot be revoked in most instances.
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