Trauma, depression, and resilience of earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster survivors of Hirono, Fukushima, Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 524-533

  Kukihara, Hiroko ^a   Yamawaki, Niwako ^d   Uchiyama, Kumi ^b   Arai, Shoichi ^b   Horikawa, Etsuo ^c  

^a Kwassui Women's College   (Japan)

^b JUNSHIN GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; Great East Japan Earthquake; nuclear power plant accidents; post traumatic stress disorder; resilience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONNOR DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARTHQUAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INJURY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SURVIVOR; TSUNAMI; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTER; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84903891957     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12159     Document Type: Article

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