Disaster, society, and mental health

Thursday, August 2, 2012: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM

NB 432 (Faculty of Economics)

RC49 Mental Health and Illness (host committee)

Session Organizer:

Takashi ASAKURA, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan

241.1

Experience of the 3.11 disaster and mental health among adolescents in Fukushima, Japan (Oral Presentation)
Takashi ASAKURA, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan; Kazuko SASAHARA, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan

241.2

The mental health status of Indonesian candidates leaving for Japan after the great east Japan earthquake (Oral Presentation)
Yuko HIRANO, Nagasaki University, Japan

241.3

Women's experiences of traumatic bereavement following the death of a child in the Sichuan earthquake 2008 (Oral Presentation)
Yao XU, The University of Melbourne, Australia; Jane FISHER, Monash University, Australia; Helen HERRMAN, The University of Melbourne, Australia; Atsuro TSUTSUMI, The University of Tokyo, Japan

241.4

Trauma responses to disaster: A tale of two cities (Oral Presentation)
Bronwen LICHTENSTEIN, University of Alabama, USA

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