Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan
<p>Background</p><p>After the 3.11 complex disaster, fear of radioactive contamination and forced evacuation influenced a number of residents to seek psychiatric care.</p><p>Objectives</p><p>This study assessed the sequential changes in the number of new out...
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| Language: | EN |
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Ubiquity Press
2017
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/8a5aef22936b4a76b4364f3b35d83d7d |
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| Summary: | <p>Background</p><p>After the 3.11 complex disaster, fear of radioactive contamination and forced evacuation influenced a number of residents to seek psychiatric care.</p><p>Objectives</p><p>This study assessed the sequential changes in the number of new outpatients and patients with acute stress disorder (ASD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorder, and depression after the Fukushima disaster.</p><p>Methods</p><p>We distributed questionnaires to 77 psychiatric institutions to determine the number of new outpatients between March and June in 2010, 2011, and 2012.</p><p>Findings</p><p>There were 771, 1000, and 733 new patients in 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively. We observed a statistically significant increase in new patients with ASD or PTSD and a significant decrease in patients with depression in 2011, which returned to predisaster levels in 2012.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>There were time- and disease-dependent changes in the numbers of psychiatric care-seeking individuals after the 3.11 complex disaster in Fukushima. |
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