What about the mental health of adults?
Mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression have surfaced and are affecting many residents in Fukushima prefecture as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent nuclear disaster. It has also been reported that such mental health problems appeared and persisted after large-scale nuclear accidents in the past, such as the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island accidents, widely affecting the disaster victims.
Department of Disaster Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University (Head of Health Survey Division, Radiation Medical Science Prefectural Health Management Center).
Masaharu
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Maeda
Hirooki
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Yabe
Seiji
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Yasumura
Masafumi
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Abe
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology