@article{e0c8154a969a4a4cb17dbf85e3768dc1,
title = "Onset and remission of common mental disorders among adults living in temporary housing for three years after the triple disaster in Northeast Japan: Comparisons with the general population",
abstract = "Background: People living in temporary housing for long periods after a disaster are at risk of poor mental health. This study investigated the post-disaster incidence and remission of common mental disorders among adults living in temporary housing for the 3 years following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Methods: Three years after the disaster, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 1089 adult residents living in temporary housing in the disaster area, i.e., the shelter group, and a random sample of 852 community residents from non-disaster areas of East Japan. The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview was used to diagnose DSM-IV mood, anxiety, and alcohol use disorders. Information on demographic variables and disaster experiences was also collected. Results: Response rates were 49 and 46% for the shelter group and the community residents, respectively. The incidence of mood/anxiety disorder in the shelter group was elevated only in the first year post-disaster compared to that of the general population. The rate of remission for mood and anxiety disorders was significantly lower in the shelter group than in the community residents. The proportion seeking medical treatment was higher in the shelter group. Conclusions: The onset of common mental disorders increased in the first year, but then levelled off in the following years among residents in temporary housing after the disaster. Remission from incident post-disaster mental disorders was slower in the shelter group than in the general population. Post-disaster mental health service could consider the greater incidence in the first year and prolonged remission of mental disorders among survivors with a long-term stay in temporary housing after a disaster. ",
keywords = "Fukushima nuclear accident, Help-seeking behavior, Incidence, Natural disasters, Refugees",
author = "Norito Kawakami and Maiko Fukasawa and Kiyomi Sakata and Ruriko Suzuki and Hiroaki Tomita and Harumi Nemoto and Seiji Yasumura and Hirooki Yabe and Naoko Horikoshi and Maki Umeda and Yuriko Suzuki and Haruki Shimoda and Hisateru Tachimori and Tadashi Takeshima and Bromet, {Evelyn J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The survey was carried out in conjunction with the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative, which is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH; R01 MH070884 and R01 MH093612-01), the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation, the US Public Health Service (R13-MH066849, R01-MH069864, and R01 DA016558), the Fogarty International Center (FIRCA R03-TW006481), the Pan American Health Organization, Eli Lilly and Company, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. We thank the staff of the WMH Data Collection and Data Analysis Coordination Centres for assistance with instrumentation, fieldwork, and consultation on data analysis. A complete list of all within-country and cross-national WMH publications can be found at http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/wmh/. Funding Information: The present study was supported by the 2014 Grant for Research on Health Security Control Research (H25-KENKI-SHITEI-001) and the 2014 Grant for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases and Mental Health (H25-SEISHIN-IPPA N-006) from the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare; the Study of the Health Effects of Radiation organized by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment 2013; and the Special Project Research of the Tohoku University International Research Institute for Disaster Science 2014. None of the funders had any role in the design, analysis, interpretation of results, or preparation of this paper. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1186/s12889-020-09378-x",
language = "English",
volume = "20",
journal = "BMC Public Health",
issn = "1471-2458",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}