The aim of this review was to review literature on mental health in KSA over the last four decades and compare it with studies done in other medical and surgical specialties.  Publications related to other medical specialties such as surgery, internal medicine and pharmacology were also retrieved for comparison.  A total of 52,699 related to medical specialties, 670 of which were on mental health and 52,029 on other medical specialties.  Mental health research does not differ from research in other medical specialties in its output. 
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