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The struggle for mental health in Lebanon’s multiple crises

The privatization system, which is vastly common in Lebanon, has left many unable to reach mental health support when needed, with mental health services being so expensive that few can afford them. Poverty in Lebanon has increased, especially since 2019. From 2012 to 2022, it went from 12 % to 44 % according to the World Bank, while the multidimensional poverty rate doubled from 42 % in 2019 to 82...


Layla Yammine | 06-07-2024

Burnt Out: On the State of Iraq’s Mental Health

Iraq allocates merely 2% of its health sector’s budget to mental health, while the health sector itself receives no more than 5% of the three-year public budget (for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025). Despite the fact that, according to the World Health Organization, every 1 USD invested in scaling up treatment of common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, yields a 5 USD return in improved health and...


Mizar Kemal | 27-06-2024

Death is a Woman from Şingal

Fouad el Hassan 2024-06-05

People slept in the streets, and then it happened. Let there be queues, and there were queues. Queues to receive food, beds, and to beg for new guises of displacement....

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