Overview
- Highlights mental health issues following the Fukushima nuclear disaster
- Addresses psychosocial issues that produce negative impacts such as discrimination, stigmatization, and scapegoating
- Contrasts the Fukushima findings with those of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Social Dimensions of a Compound Disaster
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Mental Health Issues: Challenges for Resilience and Recovery from Fukushima Compound Disaster
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About this book
This book focuses on mental health issues arising in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Three years after the 11 March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunamis, and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, roughly 130,000 individuals continue to face enormous burdens as a result of mandatory evacuation. Many evacuees still live in temporary housing, and returning home remains a distant dream as they wait for the decontamination of the danger zone to be completed. However, the plant recovery process is still evolving, and the complete cleanup will take decades. Beyond all of these hardships, many evacuees are also mourning the loss of their loved ones. The compound disaster with its many uncertainties poses and will continue to pose serious emotional and social challenges. People affected by the nuclear disaster have been facing serious psychological challenges from ongoing fear of radiation exposure. Furthermore, there is continuing debate between various stakeholders on the options for disaster responses. This situation in turn produces adverse public responses, such as discrimination and stigmatization of the evacuees and scapegoating of the authorities and nuclear plant workers. Mental Health and Social Issues Following a Nuclear Accident addresses these issues and their impacts, pursuing both evidence-based and narrative-based approaches. It also contrasts the Fukushima findings with those of other nuclear disasters, namely, Three Mile Island and Cher
nobyl.Reviews
“The book aims to improve the global understanding of the impact of nuclear disaster across various dimensions. … The audience includes those involved in government, policy making, public health, aid organizations, as well as others who might be affected by or involved in dealing with the consequences of a major disaster. … This book explores the complex consequences of a nuclear disaster and the multiple disciplines and expertise required to address such difficult situations.” (Michael Easton, Doody’s Book Reviews, July, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Editors:
Jun Shigemura
Department of Psychiatry
National Defense Medical College
Saitama, Japan
Rethy Kieth Chhem
Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mental Health and Social Issues Following a Nuclear Accident
Book Subtitle: The Case of Fukushima
Editors: Jun Shigemura, Rethy Kieth Chhem
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55699-2
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55698-5Published: 08 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56678-6Published: 27 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55699-2Published: 25 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 130
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychiatry, Public Health, Imaging / Radiology, Clinical Psychology