Healthcare in Iraq: Difference between revisions

Various academic studies<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329842494|title= Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Displaced People in Iraq|last= Khaffaf|first= Eman|date= December 2018|website= researchgate.org|publisher= Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences |access-date= 15 June 2019|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-03238-001 |title= PTSD, depression, and anxiety among young people in Iraq one decade after the american invasion.|last= Freh |first= Mohammed |date= 2016|website= APA PsycNET|publisher= Traumatology|access-date= 15 June 2019|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.austinpublishinggroup.com/community-medicine/fulltext/jcmhc-v2-id1010.php|title= Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Youth in Iraq, Short Systemic Reviews |last= al-Shawi|first= Ameel|date= February 2017|website= austinpublishinggroup.com|publisher= Journal of Community Medicine And Healthcare |access-date= 15 June 2019|quote=}}</ref> estimate that [[Iraqis]] have numerous untreated [[mental health]] issues, such as; [[Depression (mood)|depression]], [[bipolar disorder]], [[anxiety]], [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD alone affects between 20 and 60% of population aged 18 and above), whose cause can be traced to Saddam's human rights abuses, as well as greatly accelerating due to the aftermath of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] and the overall consequences of the [[Iraqi War]] such as violence, terrorism, displacement and low socio-economic status.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.middleeasteye.net/features/iraqs-growing-mental-health-crisis|title= Iraq's growing mental health crisis|last= |first= |date= 2017-01-23|website= middleeasteye.net|publisher= Middle East Eye|access-date= 15 June 2019|quote=}}</ref>