BACKGROUND The association between stressful events on warlike deployments and subsequent mental health problems has been established. Less is known about the effects of stressful events on peacekeeping deployments. METHODS Two cross sectional studies of the Australian Defence Force were used to contrast the prevalence of exposures reported by a group deployed on a peacekeeping operation (Bou...

OBJECTIVE To examine among immigrants and others seeking primary care: (1) the prevalence, types, and predictors of traumatic life events; and (2) the relations among traumatic life events, psychiatric disorders, and utilization of primary care services. DESIGN Survey with structured diagnostic interview. SETTING Community-based, university-affiliated primary care clinic in southern Califor...

Rooted in people's preoccupation with how they are perceived and evaluated, shame and guilt are self-conscious emotions that play adaptive roles in social behavior, but can also contribute to psychopathology when dysregulated. Shame and guilt-proneness develop during childhood and adolescence, and are influenced by genetic and environmental factors that are little known to date. This study inve...

Afifi, T.o., Enns, M.W., Cox, B.J., Asmundson, G.J.G., Stein,M.B., & Sareen, J. (2008). Population attributable fractionsof psychiatric disorders and suicide ideation and attemptsassociated with adverse childhood experiences. AmericanJournal of Public Health, 98, 946-952. We sought to determinethe fractions of psychiatric disorders and suicide ideation andattempts in a g...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a highly prevalent and disabling condition linked to early stressors including traumatic abuse and abandonment. While much work has addressed traumatic events in childhood, little is known about the biological sequelae of BPD including how this disorder may be differentiated from other stress-related disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...