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#### *3.2. Prevalence of Alexithymia and Depression*

A total of 158 (47.4%) medical students had alexithymia, while 135 (40.5%) had possible alexithymia and only 40 (12%) had no alexithymia. A total of 88.9% of students had depression. The prevalence of mild, moderate, moderately severe, and severe depression was 15.3%, 41.7%, 26.4%, and 5.4%, respectively (Figure 2).

**Figure 2.** Depression severity among medical students at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
