Review of Disaster Mental Health System in Japan

Mi-Ae Oh; Jong-Woo Paik; Kyung-Sae Na; Na Ri Kim; Chanseung Chung; Hae-Kook Lee; Jeong-Ho Chae

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Oh, Paik, Na, Kim, Chung, Lee, and Chae: Review of Disaster Mental Health System in Japan

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Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2015; 54(1): 6-10.

Published online: 28 February 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4306/jknpa.2015.54.1.6

Review of Disaster Mental Health System in Japan

Mi-Ae Oh, MD¹, Jong-Woo Paik, MD, PhD^1,⁶, Kyung-Sae Na, MD, PhD^2,⁶, Na Ri Kim, MD³, Chanseung Chung, MD, PhD^4,⁶, Hae-Kook Lee, MD, PhD^5,⁶, Jeong-Ho Chae, MD, PhD^5,⁶

¹Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Psychiatry, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.

³Department of Psychiatry, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, Laboratory of Addiction Policy, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, Korea.

⁴Maum Dream Clinic, Seoul, Korea.

⁵Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

⁶Korean Disaster & Trauma Mental Health Committee, Seoul, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Jong-Woo Paik, MD, PhD. Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University Hospital, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-872, Korea. Tel +82-2-958-8419, Fax +82-2-957-1997, paikjw@khu.ac.kr

Received 28 January 2015 Revised 29 January 2015 Accepted 3 February 2015

Abstract

Mental health is one of the most important issues for disaster survivors, and many studies have reported higher rates of mental health problems after disasters. Because Japan has experienced frequent earthquakes, tsunami, typhoons, and volcanoes, mental health problems have been a matter of great concern after disasters in Japan. To serve the psychiatric services after the Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake, 'Hyogo institute for traumatic stress' was established. And when the disaster caused by the great east Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred, 'National information center of disaster mental health' and 'Disaster psychiatric assistance team' had the important role of reducing mental health problems.

Keywords: Disaster mental health, Japan, Trauma center

Notes

The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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