Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
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Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. · Mar 2014
Mental disorders that exacerbated due to the Fukushima disaster, a complex radioactive contamination disaster.
The Fukushima disaster was caused by an earthquake that occurred on 11 March 2011. Following the serious damage caused by the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, radioactive contamination occurred because of the meltdown accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. We investigated what mental disorders were likely to become exacerbated under these conditions. ⋯ On the basis of the results of our study, particular care must be taken to follow up bipolar I disorder patients after a natural disaster. Our results also suggested the possible origin of bipolar I disorder.