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...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Ubiquity Press
2017-03-01
|
| Series: | Annals of Global Health |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/706 |
| _version_ | 1818425943305224192 |
|---|---|
| author | Arinobu Hori Hiroshi Hoshino Itaru Miura Masaki Hisamura Akira Wada Shuntaro Itagaki Yasuto Kunii Junya Matsumoto Hirobumi Mashiko Craig L. Katz Hirooki Yabe Shin-Ichi Niwa |
| author_facet | Arinobu Hori Hiroshi Hoshino Itaru Miura Masaki Hisamura Akira Wada Shuntaro Itagaki Yasuto Kunii Junya Matsumoto Hirobumi Mashiko Craig L. Katz Hirooki Yabe Shin-Ichi Niwa |
| author_sort | Arinobu Hori |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | <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. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-14T14:21:58Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-8a5aef22936b4a76b4364f3b35d83d7d |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2214-9996 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-14T14:21:58Z |
| publishDate | 2017-03-01 |
| publisher | Ubiquity Press |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Annals of Global Health |
| spelling | doaj.art-8a5aef22936b4a76b4364f3b35d83d7d2022-12-21T22:58:02ZengUbiquity PressAnnals of Global Health2214-99962017-03-0182579880510.1016/j.aogh.2016.09.010635Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, JapanArinobu Hori0Hiroshi Hoshino1Itaru Miura2Masaki Hisamura3Akira Wada4Shuntaro Itagaki5Yasuto Kunii6Junya Matsumoto7Hirobumi Mashiko8Craig L. Katz9Hirooki Yabe10Shin-Ichi Niwa11Department of Disaster and Comprehensive Medicine, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Emergency Medicine Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartments of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NYDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry, Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 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 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.https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/706disasternuclear power plant accidentevacuationacute stress disorderpost-traumatic stress disorderadjustment disorderdepressionFukushima |
| spellingShingle | Arinobu Hori Hiroshi Hoshino Itaru Miura Masaki Hisamura Akira Wada Shuntaro Itagaki Yasuto Kunii Junya Matsumoto Hirobumi Mashiko Craig L. Katz Hirooki Yabe Shin-Ichi Niwa Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan Annals of Global Health disaster nuclear power plant accident evacuation acute stress disorder post-traumatic stress disorder adjustment disorder depression Fukushima |
| title | Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan |
| title_full | Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan |
| title_fullStr | Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan |
| title_short | Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan |
| title_sort | psychiatric outpatients after the 3 11 complex disaster in fukushima japan |
| topic | disaster nuclear power plant accident evacuation acute stress disorder post-traumatic stress disorder adjustment disorder depression Fukushima |
| url | https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/706 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT arinobuhori psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT hiroshihoshino psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT itarumiura psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT masakihisamura psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT akirawada psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT shuntaroitagaki psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT yasutokunii psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT junyamatsumoto psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT hirobumimashiko psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT craiglkatz psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT hirookiyabe psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan AT shinichiniwa psychiatricoutpatientsafterthe311complexdisasterinfukushimajapan |