
Health Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
- 1st Edition - April 30, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Kenji Kamiya, Hitoshi Ohto, Masaharu Maeda
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 0 9 8 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 0 9 9 - 1
Health Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster provides a multidisciplinary retrospective on the health consequences on the population the first decade after the Fukushima… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHealth Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster provides a multidisciplinary retrospective on the health consequences on the population the first decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Sections 1 and 2 of the book begins with an introduction and an overview of the developments surrounding the Fukushima accident. Section 3 discusses topics such as the physical health impact of radiation exposure as well as diseases that resulted from long-term evacuation. Section 4 examines the psychological factors and the social impact of the disaster and how their combined influence affected the physical and mental wellness of the population. The book concludes with Section 5 which covers the mitigation strategy for treatment and care of psychological health issues resulting from the disaster. The book contains expert contributions from those who have first-hand experience in the recovery efforts and are still actively researching the impact of the disaster. Health Effects of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster provides readers with a coherent, multi-dimensional narrative about the physical, psychosocial, and psychological aspects of the decade-long aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
- Provides information based on evidence obtained through scientific methods such as long-term epidemiological surveys and case studies
- Examines the indirect health impact, especially psychosocial effects, caused by technological disasters like nuclear accidents
- Includes contributions from experts in the field who participated in the recovery efforts and are currently researching the health impact of the Fukushima disaster
Health, public health, and mental health professionals; radiological and nuclear emergency preparedness and response community; disaster investigators and researchers
I. Introduction
II. Development of Fukushima disaster
III. Physical issues
1. Initial turmoil in emergency medical settings
2. Radiation dose after the disaster
3. Thyroid cancer and related issues
4. Radiological influence on pregnancy
5. Lifestyle related diseases caused by long-term evacuation
6. Health effects of A-bombing in 1945: lessons from epidemiological studies
IV. Psychosocial issues
7. Posttraumatic responses and related issues
8. Suicide-related issues among affected people
9. Alcohol-related issues among affected people
10. Psychological influence on affected children in Fukushima
11. Mental health issues among aged people
12. Mental health issues among people having thyroid tumor
13. Risk perception and related issues
14. Influence of different Media, producing stigma
15. Crisis and resilience of local communities
16. Psychosocial issues caused by Fukushima disaster: comparative perspective with Chernobyl accident
V. Mitigation of Psychological Health Issues
17. Mental health care for young mothers and their children
18. Telephone intervention
19. Community-based care in Kawauchi Village
20. Psychiatric treatments in clinical settings
21. Psychological care for TEPCO workers
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 30, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 394
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128240984
- eBook ISBN: 9780128240991
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