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Mental illness plagues Japan’s nuclear disaster survivors

Some 37 percent of the survivors of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
power plant disaster of 2011 still suffer from mental illness due to
financial crisis, isolation, and drastic changes in living conditions, says
a survey.

The survey results indicated that the victims suffer from
post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD due to “anxieties about
compensation and indemnification,” “unemployment” and “nuisances
just by being an evacuee.” The survey was conducted by the Waseda
Institute of Medical Anthropology on Disaster Reconstruction and the
Disaster Relief Assistance Network Saitama, a citizens group, between
January to April 2022 among 5,350 households, the Asahi Shimbun reported on
April 3.

 Union of Catholic Asian News 4th April 2023

https://www.ucanews.com/news/mental-illness-plagues-japans-nuclear-disaster-survivors/100894

April 6, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima continuing, psychology - mental health