Importance of Psychological Support for Disaster-Affected Adolescents: 10 Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake

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  • Okuyama Junko
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University Core Research Cluster of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
  • Funakoshi Shunichi
    Miyagi Psychiatric Center
  • Seto Shuji
    Core Research Cluster of Disaster Science, Tohoku University International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
  • Fukuda Yu
    Faculty of Literature, Notre Dame Seishin University
  • Ito Kiyoshi
    Core Research Cluster of Disaster Science, Tohoku University International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
  • Imamura Fumihiko
    Core Research Cluster of Disaster Science, Tohoku University International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
  • Izumi Shin-Ichi
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

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<p>Introduction: Adolescents affected by disasters need mental health support because they tend to be at risk of developing psychiatric disorders and stress as grown-ups. However, it is difficult to develop and validate a support system for adolescents affected by disasters because it is unknown when and where disasters occur, and there is inadequate data related to this in Japan. Methods: To address these issues, we present a mental health support system for high school students affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We hypothesized that mental health support could be provided by classroom teachers and school nurses, who are familiar with high school students. We investigated the psychological state of the affected high school students for three years after the earthquake, and the students in psychological crises received interventions from their class teachers and school nurses. Results: The intervention resulted in improvements in depression and post-traumatic stress reaction (PTSR). Conclusion: These results suggest that our high school-based intervention is a feasible solution for mental health support for adolescents affected by the disaster.</p>

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