Mental Health and Social Issues Following a Nuclear Accident

The Case of Fukushima

Jun Shigemura, Rethy Kieth Chhem (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

130 Seiten

2019 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Springer Verlag, Japan
978-4-431-56678-6 (ISBN)

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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 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 Cher

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Editors: Jun Shigemura Department of Psychiatry National Defense Medical College Saitama, Japan Rethy Kieth Chhem Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Foreword.- Preface.- 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

Erscheinungsdatum	19.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	20 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 130 p. 20 illus.
Verlagsort	Tokyo
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
Schlagworte	Crisis communication • Disaster mental health • Fukushima Daiichi • Great East Japan Earthquake • Nuclear disaster • Posttraumatic stress disorder
ISBN-10	4-431-56678-3 / 4431566783
ISBN-13	978-4-431-56678-6 / 9784431566786
Zustand	Neuware