Incidence of mental disorders and its predictors among air force personnel exposed to counter-insurgency operations in a West African country: a 6-month follow-up study.

Background: Despite robust reports in the literature concerning the effect of exposure to combat on mental health, there is a paucity of studies in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) using a longitudinal design. This study was designed to determine the incidence of mental disorders among a cohort of NAF personnel exposed to combat and highlight its association with psychosocio-religious variables.

Methods: It was a follow-up study using a total population sampling in which all the 290 deployed personnel participated.

Psychological Distress among Caregivers of Children Admitted into the Children Emergency Room of a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Many caregivers experience significant psychological burden which may impact on the management of a sick child.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among caregivers of children admitted at the Children Emergency Room.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study among caregivers of children who were hospitalized for at least 24 hours.

Dependent Personality, Mindful Awareness, and Marital Satisfaction and their Association with Postpartum Psychological Distress in Two Tertiary Hospitals, Southeast Nigeria.

This study assessed dependent personality, marital satisfaction, and mindful awareness and their association with postpartum depression and anxiety. It was a cross-sectional study of nursing mothers, within 6-14 weeks postpartum, at the postnatal and children's welfare clinics of two tertiary hospitals in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria. The nursing mothers responded to different questionnaires that measure each of these variables.

Aggressive behaviour among in-school adolescents in a developing country: patterns and associated factors.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the pattern of aggression among senior secondary school students in Calabar and the psychosocial factors that are associated with it.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of 453 randomly selected senior secondary school students utilizing a self-administered Socio-demographic questionnaire obtain data regarding age, gender etc. and a brief interview using the Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS) to determine aggression.

Socio-demographic correlates of postpartum psychological distress among apparently healthy mothers in two tertiary hospitals in Enugu, South-East Nigeria.

Background: Postpartum depression and anxiety could cause poor mother-infant relationship that could impair infant growth and cognitive development. Psychiatric assessment has not been part of periodic evaluations in postnatal clinics. Some apparently well, but high-risk mothers continue to live with psychological distress, without treatment to relieve their burden.