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Early psychological distress among sufferers after the 2011 Northern Nagano Prefecture Earthquake
Author(s) -
Shindo Masanobu,
Kitamura Hideaki,
Tachibana Akira,
Honma Hiroko,
Someya Toshiyuki
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02366.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychological distress , distress , medicine , demography , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , sociology
We surveyed 3078 sufferers in Tsunan (Niigata), an intermediate and mountainous area of Japan, after the 2011 Northern Nagano Prefecture Earthquake. More subjects reported fear of the earthquake or related anxiety symptoms and insomnia in Tsunan than in the control group. Female sex and older age were found to be risk factors for poor psychological outcome. Those with risk factors should be carefully followed up.