Mental Health and Social Issues Following a Nuclear Accident : The Case of Fukushima
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40401
Jun Shigemura, Rethy Kieth Chhem, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Tokyo:
Springer Japan
, c2016.
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This book focuses on mental health issues arising in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Three years after the 11 March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunamis, and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, roughly 130,000 individuals continue to face enormous burdens as a result of mandatory evacuation. Many evacuees still live in temporary housing, and returning home remains a distant dream as they wait for the decontamination of the danger zone to be completed. However, the plant recove…
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- Other Authors
- Shigemura, Jun
- Chhem, Rethy Kieth
- Responsibility
- Jun Shigemura, Rethy Kieth Chhem, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 130 p. : 20 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9784431556992
- 9784431556985 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Disaster Medicine - methods
- Fukushima Nuclear Accident
- Mental health
- Resilience, Psychological
- Social Support
- Other Subjects
- Japan
- Abstract
- This book focuses on mental health issues arising in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Three years after the 11 March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunamis, and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, roughly 130,000 individuals continue to face enormous burdens as a result of mandatory evacuation. Many evacuees still live in temporary housing, and returning home remains a distant dream as they wait for the decontamination of the danger zone to be completed. However, the plant recovery process is still evolving, and the complete cleanup will take decades. Beyond all of these hardships, many evacuees are also mourning the loss of their loved ones. The compound disaster with its many uncertainties poses and will continue to pose serious emotional and social challenges. People affected by the nuclear disaster have been facing serious psychological challenges from ongoing fear of radiation exposure. Furthermore, there is continuing debate between various stakeholders on the options for disaster responses. This situation in turn produces adverse public responses, such as discrimination and stigmatization of the evacuees and scapegoating of the authorities and nuclear plant workers. Mental Health and Social Issues Following a Nuclear Accident addresses these issues and their impacts, pursuing both evidence-based and narrative-based approaches. It also contrasts the Fukushima findings with those of other nuclear disasters, namely, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.
- Contents
- 1. Godzilla mon amour: the Origins and Legacy of Nuclear Fear in Japan -- 2. Unforeseeable Accidents from the Point of View of the Legal System -- 3. Report on Fukushima Counseling Support Professional Team: Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Psychosocial Care of Evacuees -- 4. Societal and Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Perception -- 5. Thinking Across Disaster -- 6. Emotional Consequences of TMI and Chernobyl: Lessons Learned for Fukushima -- 7. 3/11 and 9/11: A Multi-faceted Investigation of a Survivor Exchange Program -- 8. Psychosocial Responses to Disaster and Exposures: Distress Reactions, Health Risk Behavior, and Mental Disorders -- 9. Psychosocial Challenges of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Workers.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Radiation disaster medicine : perspective from the Fukushima nuclear accident
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33825
Koichi Tanigawa, Rethy Kieth Chhem, editors.
--Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Available Online
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- Other Authors
- Tanikawa, Koichi
- Chhem, Rethy Kieth
- Responsibility
- Koichi Tanigawa, Rethy Kieth Chhem, editors
- Place of Publication
- Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 126 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319022161 (electronic bk.)
- 9783319022154
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Medicine
- Fukushima Nuclear Accident
- Japan
- Radiation Injuries - prevention & control
- Radioactive Pollutants - adverse effects
- Relief Work
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiation injuries
- Emergency medicine
- Contents
- 1. Physicians’ Early Response to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Challenges and Lessons Learned -- 2. General Considerations in Radiation Disaster Medicine -- 3. Medical Perspective -- 4. Disaster Behavioral Health: Psychological Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- 5. Management Perspective: Structure of Radiation Emergency Response in Japan -- 6. Management Perspective: Structure of Radiation Emergency Response in International Organizations -- 7. Radiation Disaster Medicine Curriculum Revisited in a Post- Fukushima Context.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
