Pre-disaster family visits and post-evacuation return to Fukushima among psychiatric inpatients evacuated to out-of-area hospitals after the nuclear accident
The results highlight the critical need for close collaboration between psychiatric medical practitioners and families, to not only support patients' community reintegration into daily life but also facilitate a timely return to their hometowns following long-distance evacuation caused by an unforeseen large-scale disaster.
Authors
- Toshihiro Terui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6247-8083)
- Tomoo Hidaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2987-4804)
- Yuko Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4833-8580)
- Takeyasu Kakamu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6920-8457)
- Nobuo Anzai
- Daisuke Gotoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6056-3820)
- Yasuto Kunii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1569-7819)
- Hirooki Yabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-129X)
- Shin‐ichi Niwa
Institutions
- Fukushima Medical University (JP)
- Teikyo Heisei University (JP)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- University of Tokyo Health Sciences (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241288684
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology