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AUTHOR
Yoshiharu Kim
Post-disaster mental health and psychosocial support in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake: a qualitative study
Background Few studies exploring the actual practices implemented for long-term mental health and psychosocial support after a natural disaster have been published. This study aimed to reveal (1) the types of activities that were actually provided as mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in the long-term phase after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and (2) the problems that must be addressed to provide post-disaster MHPSS activities. Methods An open-ended questionnaire was sent to organizations in the Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures that were potentially involved in providing MHPSS to communities affected by the GEJE. The organizations were asked to describe their act…
Additional file 1: of Post-disaster mental health and psychosocial support in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake: a qualitative study
Table S1. Activities conducted as mental health and psychosocial support after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The table summarizes 240 sentences regarding mental health and psychosocial support activities reported by the 107 organizations, which were classified into seven main categories using the content analysis. (XLSX 1209 kb)