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Iraqis' epidemic of mental illness

Although statistics from international organizations indicate that mental illness is on the rise in Iraq, social stigma prevents patients from getting treated and students from studying psychology and psychiatry.

IRAQ-APRIL 15: Woman walk aimlessly in a courtyard April 15, 2003 at a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. While most hospitals in Iraq are suffering, the psychiatric wards and hospitals have, for the most part, been completely forgotten.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Women walk in a courtyard at a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, April 15, 2003. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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