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Long-stay facilities and specialist services
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Two institutional-style mental hospitals in Baghdad.
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Baghdad mental hospitals still exist; undergoing reform.
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Psychiatric services in general hospitals
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Outpatient services only, and limited to large hospitals in the centres of the governorates.
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25 new mental health units, offering mix of inpatient and outpatient services.
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New inpatient beds for children and adolescents in paediatric hospital.
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Community mental health services
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Public outpatient services in major general and university hospitals.
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34 new outpatient-only units, including:
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Private clinics in main cities for those who could afford them.
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• 4 for children and adolescents;
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• 1 for maternal mental health;
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• 1 for geriatric mental health;
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• 8 for trauma counselling;
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• 1 for substance abuse rehabilitation and treatment.
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Primary care services for mental health
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Minimal.
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Integration of mental services within primary health care started throughout Iraq.
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