• Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. · Apr 2009

    Influence on the suicide rate two years after a devastating disaster: a report from the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

    • Akihiro Nishio, Kouhei Akazawa, Futoshi Shibuya, Ryo Abe, Hideyuki Nushida, Yasuhiro Ueno, Akiyoshi Nishimura, and Toshiki Shioiri.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan. a-nishio@qa3.so-net.ne.jp
    • Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 2009 Apr 1; 63 (2): 247-50.

    AimsThe relationship between suicide and disaster is an important problem but it's not clear. We conducted this study to determine whether a natural disaster affects suicide rates.MethodsWe collected data on suicides during the 84 months before and the 60 months after the earthquake and compared the suicide rate in Kobe to that in Japan as a whole. We also examined what groups were significantly affected.ResultsCompared with Japan as a whole, the suicide rates in Kobe significantly decreased in the 2 years after the earthquake.ConclusionsAn influence on suicide rate after the disaster clearly appeared in middle-aged men.

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