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Wars are not only crude means of attempting to resolving political conflicts, they also cause severe disruption to the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations with loss of life, physical and emotional injury, and loss of livelihood and displacement. This chapter takes a close look at the toll of such trauma and some of the ways of promoting healing and resilience. The authors draw on their diverse experiences as clinicians and educators who have worked in a number of conflict areas, particularly Iraq. Practical and personal applications are examined for health/mental health strategies that may have implications for national/local, and community health planning. In particular, the experience of reconstructing statutory mental health services in Iraq through number of international collaborations. Implications for other conflict situations are drawn.
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al-Uzri, M., Dyer, A.R. (2020). Reconstructing Post-Conflict Iraq: Focus on Mental Health. In: Okpaku, S. (eds) Innovations in Global Mental Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70134-9_117-1
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