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Mental health and social issues following a nuclear accident [electronic resource] : the case of Fukushima / Jun Shigemura, Rethy Kieth Chhem.

Shigemura, Jun, author.; Chhem, Rethy Kieth, author.
2016
TK9152
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Title
Mental health and social issues following a nuclear accident [electronic resource] : the case of Fukushima / Jun Shigemura, Rethy Kieth Chhem.
Author
Shigemura, Jun, author.
ISBN
9784431556992 (electronic book)
4431556990 (electronic book)
9784431556985
4431556982
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55699-2
Published
Tokyo : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-4-431-55699-2 doi
Call Number
TK9152
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.1799
Summary
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.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 16, 2015).
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Chhem, Rethy Kieth, author.
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Foreword
Preface
1. Godzilla mon amour: the Origins and Legacy of Nuclear Fear in Japan
2. Unforeseeable Accidents from the Point of View of the Legal System
3. Report on Fukushima Counseling Support Professional Team: Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Psychosocial Care of Evacuees
4. Societal and Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Perception
5. Thinking Across Disaster
6. Emotional Consequences of TMI and Chernobyl: Lessons Learned for Fukushima
7. 3/11 and 9/11: A Multi-faceted Investigation of a Survivor Exchange Program
8. Psychosocial Responses to Disaster and Exposures: Distress Reactions, Health Risk Behavior, and Mental Disorders
9. Psychosocial Challenges of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Workers.

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