Mental Health and Social Issues Following a Nuclear Accident (eBook)
XXI, 130 Seiten
Springer Tokyo (Verlag)
978-4-431-55699-2 (ISBN)
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
nobyl.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
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.
Editors: Jun ShigemuraDepartment of PsychiatryNational Defense Medical CollegeSaitama, JapanRethy Kieth ChhemFukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanHiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanNagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Table of ContentsForeword Gregory Clancey Preface Jun Shigemura, Rethy Kieth Chhem Part I: The Social Dimensions of a Compound Disaster Chapter 1 Godzilla mon amour: The Origins and Legacy of Nuclear Fear in Japan Ryan J Crowder, Rethy Kieth Chhem, Azura Z Aziz Chapter 2 Unforeseeable Accidents from the Point of View of the Legal System Mitsuko Fujino Chapter 3 Report on Fukushima Counseling Support Professional Team: Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Psychosocial Care of Evacuees Akiko Yagi Chapter 4 Societal and Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Perception Deborah Helen Oughton Chapter 5 Thinking Across Disaster Kim Fortun, Alli MorganPart II: Mental Health Issues: Challenges for Resilience and Recovery from Fukushima Compound Disaster Chapter 6 Emotional Consequences of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl: Lessons Learned for Fukushima Evelyn J Bromet Chapter 7 3/11 and 9/11: A Multi-faceted Investigation of a Survivor Exchange Program Phoebe Prioleau, Tony Pham, David Anderson, Robert Yanagisawa, Kanako Taku, Meriam Lobel, Craig Katz Chapter 8 Psychosocial Responses to Disaster and Exposures: Distress Reactions, Health Risk Behavior, and Mental Disorders Joshua C. Morganstein, James C. West, Lester A. Huff, Brian W. Flynn, Carol S. Fullerton, David M. Benedek, Robert J. UrsanoChapter 9 Psychosocial Challenges of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Workers Jun Shigemura, Takeshi Tanigawa, Azura Z Aziz, Rethy Kieth Chhem, Soichiro Nomura, Aihide Yoshino
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.11.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XXI, 130 p. 20 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Tokyo |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | Crisis communication • Disaster mental health • Fukushima Daiichi • Great East Japan Earthquake • Nuclear disaster • Posttraumatic stress disorder |
| ISBN-10 | 4-431-55699-0 / 4431556990 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-4-431-55699-2 / 9784431556992 |
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