Directed by Lee Tamahori. With Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Philip Quast. A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

There are thought to be between 60,000 and 70,000 Mandaeans worldwide,[1] and until the 2003 Iraq war, almost all of them lived in Iraq.[3] Most Iraqi Mandaeans have since fled the country under the threat of violence by other Iraqis and the turmoil of the war.[4] By 2007, the population of Iraqi Mandaeans had fallen to approximately 5,000.[3] Most Iraqi Mandaeans now live in Syria and Jordan, with smaller populations in Sweden, Australia, the United States, and other Western countries.

Iraqi psychiatrists say the war and violence has taken a real toll on mental health of the entire nation, and that the number of mental disorders is on the rise across the country.

more than 110,000 Iraqis have died in violence since the 2003 US-led invasion.

Lego recreation of US torture in Abu Gharib.

The PDS is a 49-item self-report measure recommended for use in clinical or research settings to measure severity of PTSD symptoms related to a single identified traumatic event. The PDS is unique in that it assesses all of the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD (i.e., Criteria A – F) and inquires about the past month (time frame can be adjusted for different uses). Thus, in addition to measuring the severity of PTSD symptoms (Criteria B, C, & D), it also inquires about the experience of a Criterion A traumatic events, about duration of symptoms (Criterion E), and the effects of symptoms on daily functioning (Criterion F).

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Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact

The increasing use of antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs among U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In 2006 the suicide rate among active service members was 17.3 per 100,000, compared to 12.8 in 2005 and 10.8 in 2004. In 2001 the rate was 9.8 per 100,000.

how it was like to be a techie under the sadam regime