Burnout and Psychiatric Distress in Local Caregivers Two Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Radiation Disaster

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-45

  Fujitani, Kenji ^a   Carroll, Matt ^a   Yanagisawa, Robert ^a   Katz, Craig ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Caregiver; Great East Japan Earthquake; Psychiatric distress; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; DISASTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREGIVERS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954397836     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9924-y     Document Type: Article

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