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Psychiatry in Iraq - Talal Alrubaie

- Psychiatry in Iraq

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Talal Alrubaie

2009 / 2 / 15 - 21:20
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Dear Nahida
I read your article with interest. As a psychiatrist myself, I wish to point out that it is well known that the majority of those who commit suicide are suffering from a mental disorder, like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or alcohol and drugs addictions. The examples you mention well indicate that psychiatry, as a medical discipline, is still not well accepted nor respected by the medical profession or public alike. This situation now is changing and more people are perhaps open to the possibility of seeing a psychiatrist. The problems regarding psychiatry in Iraq are multifold, including the stigma attached to mental illness, sever shortage of psychiatrists and psychiatric facilities; absence of community psychiatric services; shortage of other psychiatric professionals like social workers, psychotherapists and community psychiatric nurses. The current Minister of Health is a psychiatrist himself and we hope that he and his ministry pay much more attention to the needs of psychiatric patients in Iraq. The humanity of any society is reflected in

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