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assess awareness saudi psychiatric patients illnesses medications prince sultan military medical city psmmc cross sectional study conducted outpatients clinics psmmc riyadh kingdom saudi arabia january december 2012 study included 647 patients undergoing treatment psychiatric illnesses patients interviewed using structured questionnaire adult patients 555 866 enough awareness diagnosis 582 however insignificant compared groups adult group n301 872 medication knowledge younger group 558 gender association diagnosis p0058 medications p0094 quite significant education patients illiterate next secondary school elementary graduates intermediate university graduated illiterate elementary graduates unaware diagnosis medications higher education reflected better diagnosis medications knowledge extreme significance p0000 illness duration showed majority awareness longer periods illness admission times reflected extreme significance p0000 levels awareness patient illnesses also showed extreme significance p0000 p0002 awareness levels although lack awareness common study patients aware diagnosis medications less half patients could neither specify illnesses medications could attributed limited information provided