TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychiatric Outpatients After the 3.11 Complex Disaster in Fukushima, Japan
AU - Hori, Arinobu
AU - Hoshino, Hiroshi
AU - Miura, Itaru
AU - Hisamura, Masaki
AU - Wada, Akira
AU - Itagaki, Shuntaro
AU - Kunii, Yasuto
AU - Matsumoto, Junya
AU - Mashiko, Hirobumi
AU - Katz, Craig L.
AU - Yabe, Hirooki
AU - Niwa, Shin Ichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Background After the 3.11 complex disaster, fear of radioactive contamination and forced evacuation influenced a number of residents to seek psychiatric care. Objectives 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. Methods We distributed questionnaires to 77 psychiatric institutions to determine the number of new outpatients between March and June in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Findings 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. Conclusions There were time- and disease-dependent changes in the numbers of psychiatric care-seeking individuals after the 3.11 complex disaster in Fukushima.
AB - Background After the 3.11 complex disaster, fear of radioactive contamination and forced evacuation influenced a number of residents to seek psychiatric care. Objectives 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. Methods We distributed questionnaires to 77 psychiatric institutions to determine the number of new outpatients between March and June in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Findings 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. Conclusions There were time- and disease-dependent changes in the numbers of psychiatric care-seeking individuals after the 3.11 complex disaster in Fukushima.
KW - Fukushima
KW - acute stress disorder
KW - adjustment disorder
KW - depression
KW - disaster
KW - evacuation
KW - nuclear power plant accident
KW - post-traumatic stress disorder
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.09.010
DO - 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.09.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 28283132
AN - SCOPUS:85014511493
VL - 82
SP - 798
EP - 805
JO - Annals of Global Health
JF - Annals of Global Health
SN - 0027-2507
IS - 5
ER -