Manama - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular mental health issues that tend to crop up at post, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues)?
No one should be suffering from SAD in the Middle East - there is plenty of sun. Having said that, and as liberal as Bahrain is for the region, the culture can be frustrating and is definitely chauvinistic. Also, you're on an island with no where to really go, so this may bother some people. The region as a whole can be rather limiting, and you'll often have fantasies of being anywhere else but the Middle East. - Apr 2017
