Copyright: © 2013 AlObaidi A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Iraq is a Middle East country, part of the Arab world. The region is known as Mesopotamia, “the land between the two rivers”, Tigris and Euphrates. It has been of fundamental historical and political significance as the site of ancient civilizations for thousands of years. Iraq’s history is fertile in great creativity and invention leading to human development. However, sadly, it has also become the center of attention in modern political and military conflicts. People in Iraq have experienced a continuing traumatic history during the last four decades. Wars, political and religious violence & oppression, forced displacement and migration, human right abuses, unemployment, and poverty have scourged Iraqi society, creating major public mental health crises [1]. Because of such high levels of armed violence, millions of Iraqis, particularly young people, have been killed or injured [2,3]. More than 4 million Iraqis were forced to leave their homes, either internally displaced, or becoming refugees in neighboring countries [4]. High levels of poverty and educational and health systems failures have affected the wellbeing of Iraqis, especially children [5]. Children form half of Iraqi population of approximately 33 million [6]. The already fragile infrastructures were ruined by massive looting and civil disorder which happened immediately after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. Iraqis continue to live in a climate of fear of violence, with associated disruptions to daily activities having adverse effects on their mental health.