Purpose
Military personnel exposed to combat are at risk for experiencing post-traumatic distress that can progress over time following deployment. We hypothesized that progression of post-traumatic distress may be related to enhanced susceptibility to post-deployment stressors. This study aimed at examining the concept of stress sensitization prospectively in a sample of Dutch military personnel deployed in support of the conflicts in Afghanistan.
Method

The literature on child sexual abuse reflects growing recognition of the manner in which culture impacts the conceptualization, experience, and treatment of such cases. Despite heightened visibility of Arab Americans within the United States, population due to recent media attention, little empirical research exists on the occurrence of child sexual abuse within this population.

Nightmares can cause great suffering as they disturb sleep, affect
daily functioning and overall well-being. They are associated with
psychopathology like anxiety disorders, more specifically posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), psychosis, personality pathology, suicide
risk, and substance abuse [1, 2] . Two to five percent of the general
adult population suffers from one or more nightmares a week
[3, 4] . One study of psychiatric patients with more severe psychopathology
showed a prevalence rate of 39.8% of ‘bad dreams that disturbed

Ten years after a brutal and protracted war, Sierra Leone remains very much in recovery. Despite the need for increased and long term mental health services, such resources remain scarce. Mental health capacity building is required, and includes: the community sensitisation of mental illness and treatment; the training of health professionals and lay persons; the advocacy for changes in national mental health policy; and the provision of mental health services.