No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Kazuhiro Kawahara,1,2 Hirokage Ushijima,2 Masahide Usami,2 Minoru Takebayashi3 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; 2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine,...

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Autores principales:	Kawahara K, Ushijima H, Usami M, Takebayashi M
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ee4ec3caf11b4122b7348b807c1a8b912021-12-02T10:22:30ZNo Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/ee4ec3caf11b4122b7348b807c1a8b912020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/no-associations-of-psychological-symptoms-and-suicide-risk-with-disast-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Kazuhiro Kawahara,1,2 Hirokage Ushijima,2 Masahide Usami,2 Minoru Takebayashi3 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; 2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Chiba, Japan; 3Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JapanCorrespondence: Masahide Usami Email usami.masahide@hospk.ncgm.go.jpIntroduction: Natural disasters such as earthquakes can cause substantial damage and trauma, especially to children. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of disaster experience on psychological symptoms, suicide risk, and associated factors in junior high school students 5 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). The hypothesis of this study was that psychological symptoms and suicide risk of junior high school students are associated with disaster experience.Methods: A cross-sectional survey consisting of questionnaires and face-to-face interviews with students at two junior high schools in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, about psychological symptoms, disaster situations, and their current environment 5 years after the GEJE was conducted. In total, data from 264 (117 boys [44.3%] and 147 girls [55.7%]) students were analyzed.Results: There were no associations between disaster experience and PTSSC-15, DSRS-C, and SCAS scores. Those with evacuation experience and still living in temporary housing had significantly higher scores on the oppositional defiant behavior inventory (ODBI). Of these students, 29 (11.0%) were considered to have suicide risk 5 years after the GEJE. The presence of depressive symptoms was the only factor related to suicide risk; no associations were found with sex, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, or other factors reported in previous studies, including disaster experience.Conclusions: Disaster experience was not associated with psychological symptoms (PTSD, depression, anxiety) and suicide risk in junior high school students 5 years after the GEJE. The suicide risk appears to be the same as that in the general population in Japan. However, attention should be paid to externalization problems and depressive symptoms, an important suicide risk factor, even 5 years after the GEJE.Keywords: disaster, Great East Japan Earthquake, long-term, psychological symptoms, suicide riskKawahara KUshijima HUsami MTakebayashi MDove Medical Pressarticledisaster great east japan earthquake long-term psychological symptoms suicide riskNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 16, Pp 2377-2387 (2020)
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spellingShingle	disaster great east japan earthquake long-term psychological symptoms suicide risk Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Kawahara K Ushijima H Usami M Takebayashi M No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
description	Kazuhiro Kawahara,1,2 Hirokage Ushijima,2 Masahide Usami,2 Minoru Takebayashi3 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; 2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Chiba, Japan; 3Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JapanCorrespondence: Masahide Usami Email usami.masahide@hospk.ncgm.go.jpIntroduction: Natural disasters such as earthquakes can cause substantial damage and trauma, especially to children. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of disaster experience on psychological symptoms, suicide risk, and associated factors in junior high school students 5 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). The hypothesis of this study was that psychological symptoms and suicide risk of junior high school students are associated with disaster experience.Methods: A cross-sectional survey consisting of questionnaires and face-to-face interviews with students at two junior high schools in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, about psychological symptoms, disaster situations, and their current environment 5 years after the GEJE was conducted. In total, data from 264 (117 boys [44.3%] and 147 girls [55.7%]) students were analyzed.Results: There were no associations between disaster experience and PTSSC-15, DSRS-C, and SCAS scores. Those with evacuation experience and still living in temporary housing had significantly higher scores on the oppositional defiant behavior inventory (ODBI). Of these students, 29 (11.0%) were considered to have suicide risk 5 years after the GEJE. The presence of depressive symptoms was the only factor related to suicide risk; no associations were found with sex, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, or other factors reported in previous studies, including disaster experience.Conclusions: Disaster experience was not associated with psychological symptoms (PTSD, depression, anxiety) and suicide risk in junior high school students 5 years after the GEJE. The suicide risk appears to be the same as that in the general population in Japan. However, attention should be paid to externalization problems and depressive symptoms, an important suicide risk factor, even 5 years after the GEJE.Keywords: disaster, Great East Japan Earthquake, long-term, psychological symptoms, suicide risk
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author	Kawahara K Ushijima H Usami M Takebayashi M
author_facet	Kawahara K Ushijima H Usami M Takebayashi M
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title	No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
title_short	No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
title_full	No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
title_fullStr	No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
title_full_unstemmed	No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
title_sort	no associations of psychological symptoms and suicide risk with disaster experiences in junior high school students 5 years after the 2011 great east japan earthquake and tsunami
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/ee4ec3caf11b4122b7348b807c1a8b91
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No Associations of Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk with Disaster Experiences in Junior High School Students 5 Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

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