Jessica E Salvatore, Sara Larsson Lönn, Karen G Chartier, Jan Sundquist, Kenneth S Kendler, Kristina Sundquist
{"title":"Examining cultural background and the protective effect of marriage on alcohol use disorder in Sweden.","authors":"Jessica E Salvatore, Sara Larsson Lönn, Karen G Chartier, Jan Sundquist, Kenneth S Kendler, Kristina Sundquist","doi":"10.1177/00207640241288211","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241288211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Little is known about whether the protective effect of marriage on alcohol use disorder (AUD) varies by cultural background.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>Using Swedish national data, we examined whether marriage is associated with a stronger reduction in AUD risk among Swedes of a Swedish background (i.e. those with two Swedish-born parents) compared to Swedes with a foreign background (i.e. one or two foreign-born parents) and whether the protective effect of marriage depends on whether the spouse has a Swedish or foreign background.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Among those born in Sweden 1960 to 1990 (3,093,439; 49% female), associations between cultural background and AUD registration during marriage were estimated with Cox models. Analyses of intra- and intermarriage on AUD registration were examined with Cox models and limited to groups of focal individuals for which there was sufficient statistical power, which included Swedes with two Swedish-born parents, two Finnish-born parents, or bicultural background (one Swedish and one foreign-born parent). Models were sex stratified.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Marriage was associated with reductions in AUD risk among those with Swedish and with foreign backgrounds, though less protective for males of Finnish versus Swedish background as indicated by a significant interaction between marital status and parental region of birth, HR = 0.80, 95% CI [0.71, 0.90]. Marriage was also less protective for those with a bicultural versus Swedish background, HR<sub>males</sub> = 0.87, 95% CI [0.81, 0.92] and HR<sub>females</sub> = 0.88, 95% CI [0.81, 0.97]. Among those of Swedish background, marriage to a spouse with a foreign versus Swedish background was associated with increased risk of AUD, HR<sub>males</sub> = 1.26, 95% CI [1.19, 1.34] and HR<sub>females</sub> = 1.20, 95% CI [1.10, 1.31]. This risk was diminished when family-level confounders (genes, rearing environment) were controlled for.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The protective effect of marriage depends on cultural background, with some evidence that increased risks associated with a spouse's foreign background are confounded by family-level factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241288211"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Hualparuca-Olivera, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Julio Torales, Cristian Ramos-Vera, Dayana Ramos-Campos, Luis Córdova-Gónzales, Elsa Vigo-Ayasta
{"title":"Culture and ICD-11 personality disorder: Implications for clinical practice across diverse ethnic groups.","authors":"Luis Hualparuca-Olivera, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Julio Torales, Cristian Ramos-Vera, Dayana Ramos-Campos, Luis Córdova-Gónzales, Elsa Vigo-Ayasta","doi":"10.1177/00207640241288205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241288205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Personality disorder (PD) in ICD-11 is defined primarily by self and interpersonal dysfunction and optionally by other qualifiers. This definition is inseparable from relativism of cultural determinants.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This review aimed to synthesize the relevant aspects of the influence of culture on clinical practice and health management for this condition, aligning them to the ICD-11 PD model.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In Scopus, we systematically searched for studies that included the text strings: cultur* | personality AND (disorder* OR patholog*) without any restrictions on publication date or language or other exclusion criteria, up to November 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Evidence suggests that cultural variables in ethnic groups (Western and non-Western) such as the individualist/collectivist philosophy, historical/generational trauma, immigration, acculturation, religion, and gender influence the etiology, semiology, epidemiology, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and management of health services for ICD-11 PD. We discuss the limitations and propose future lines of research on this topic based on our knowledge and experience. In this review, we provide the scientific community and clinicians with relevant cultural information to guide their practice and propose strategies to manage PD from the ICD-11 model.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>More research is needed using mixed study methodologies on stigma, the experiences of patients, clinicians, and health agencies, to reduce the care gaps and achieve a culturally comprehensive, inclusive, and competent use of this new model.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241288205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Shishehgar, Leila Gholizadeh, Michelle DiGiacomo, Patricia Mary Davidson
{"title":"Asylum-seeker women: Coping strategies and mental wellbeing.","authors":"Sara Shishehgar, Leila Gholizadeh, Michelle DiGiacomo, Patricia Mary Davidson","doi":"10.1177/00207640241291498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241291498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Asylum seekers in Australia are subjected to various punitive measures that can affect their psychological wellbeing. The capacity of asylum seekers to adapt and cultivate effective coping strategies can enhance their resilience, facilitate their settlement processes and promote their overall mental health.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aims to explore the coping strategies employed by women who are asylum-seekersthat have the potential to enhance their resilience post migration.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A semi-structured qualitative study was conducted with asylum-seeker women from Iran. Data were analysed using an inductive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventeen participants described their experiences of applying various strategies to enhance their coping ability, resilience and maintain their mental wellbeing when facing ongoing challenges. Problem-solving strategies included social engagement, adjusting life plans and seeking support from formal and informal resources. Emotion-focussed strategies were positive thinking and maintaining hope, avoidance and spirituality. While emotion-focussed strategies enabled the women to manage their stresses temporarily, problem-solving strategies allowed them to effectively address the challenges they faced after migration.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Providing supportive resources for asylum seekers, removing stigma and developing community ties may assist individuals in improving their coping skills, resilience and mental wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241291498"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gojjam Limenih, Arlene MacDougall, Max Well J Smith, Elysee Nouvet
{"title":"'Impaired in life': Analyzing people's accounts of depression in Ethiopia - Implications for a cultural-eco social approach to global mental health.","authors":"Gojjam Limenih, Arlene MacDougall, Max Well J Smith, Elysee Nouvet","doi":"10.1177/00207640241280620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241280620","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression is a global crisis and a major concern in mental health interventions, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where it significantly impacts disability, quality of life, and economic stability. These chronic stressors have been used to argue for scaling up the detection and treatment of depression as a public health and development priority.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to explore illness narratives of depression among patients' and to gain insights into multifaceted suffering, its impact on persons' lives, and help seeking. This study is part the broader study which examined global mental health, biopolitics, and depression in Ethiopia, conducted in hospice setting to explore the conception of depression in Bahirdar city, Northern Ethiopia, among patients and health care providers. In this study, we focus on patients' accounts of depression.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We employed an ethnography method using in-depth interviews, fieldnotes, and observation to collect the data. A thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Drawing from cross-cultural and critical psychiatry perspectives, we situate depression within its cultural-eco social framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study revealed that patients' experiences and conception of depression are deeply intertwined with Ethiopia's sociocultural, economic, and spiritual context. Depression was often described as a state of being 'impaired in life', reflecting the complex interplay of individual struggles and societal pressures. Integrating quotes from patients, we demonstrated in this analysis the ways in which biographically specific challenges, societal pressures, and mental well-being are understood by study participants in accordance with Ethiopian cultural and religious norms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study suggests moving beyond narrow interpretative frameworks in GMH praxis to understand and address the complex dimensions of depression in Ethiopia and similar contexts. The study advocates for a cultural-ecosocial approach to depression, emphasizing the need for mental health interventions that consider the broader social and cultural factors contributing to mental distress.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241280620"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tianyu He, Huijing Zou, Hao Hou, Yijing Yu, Fan Wang, Chunfeng Tian, Dan Luo, Yang Zhou, Jun Zhao, Bing Xiang Yang
{"title":"Network analysis of correlations between suicide exposure, depression, and anxiety symptoms in adolescents.","authors":"Tianyu He, Huijing Zou, Hao Hou, Yijing Yu, Fan Wang, Chunfeng Tian, Dan Luo, Yang Zhou, Jun Zhao, Bing Xiang Yang","doi":"10.1177/00207640241291495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241291495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adolescents with a history of suicide exposure, defined as experiencing the suicide death of a family member, friend, or other acquaintances, are more likely to experience mental health issues such as depression or anxiety.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to explore prevalence rates and the network of adolescents' suicide exposure, depression, and anxiety symptoms, and to clarify the correlations between suicide exposure and symptoms of depression and anxiety.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 8,957 adolescents were included in this cross-sectional study. Data regarding general information, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and suicide exposure were collected from mid-September to early October 2021. Network analysis was employed to assess relationships between suicide exposure and individual symptoms of both depression and anxiety. Central symptoms were identified by strength; the flow network was visualized to identify symptoms directly related to suicide exposure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence rates of suicide exposure, depression, and anxiety were 5.28%, 12.87%, and 10.48%. Results indicated that suicide exposure was associated with both depression and anxiety, and had the strongest positive association with suicidal ideation. Central symptoms of the network were sad mood, nervousness, fatigue, irritability, and uncontrollable worry. Bridge symptoms were suicidal ideation and irritability. Appetite changes, suicidal ideation, uncontrollable worry, sleep difficulties, and irritability were symptoms directly related to suicide exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There were significant inter-symptom associations between suicide exposure, depression, and anxiety in adolescents. It is recommended that future studies explore whether targeted interventions and long-term monitoring concerning these inter-symptom associations can protect adolescents with suicide exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241291495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Domestic violence and depression among Chinese adolescents: The role of self-evaluation.","authors":"Wangqian Fu, Shiqi Zhang, Yuehua Zhu, Ruidong Liu","doi":"10.1177/00207640241288215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241288215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression of adolescents seriously affects their mental health as well as the formation and development of sound personality. According to Family Systems Theory, individuals' mental health is closely related with external (e.g. domestic violence) and internal factor (e.g. self-evaluation). The formation mechanism of depression needs deep investigation in order to provide better educational intervention for students and promote their healthy development.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The study examined the relationship among domestic violence, depression, and self-evaluation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data were collected from 1,011 Chinese adolescents (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 12.04 ± 1.71) by the questionnaire of Family Violence Scale, Depression Questionnaire, and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found domestic violence and depression were significantly positively correlated (<i>r</i> = .25, <i>p</i> < .001); self-evaluation was significantly negatively correlated with domestic violence (<i>r</i> = -.26, <i>p</i> < .001) and depression (<i>r</i> = -.50, <i>p</i> < .001). Moreover, domestic violence could directly and positively predict depressed psychology, and could also indirectly predict depressed psychology through the mediating effect of self-evaluation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The level of depression of adolescents was closely related with domestic violence and self-evaluation. And self-evaluation played a mediating role between domestic violence and self-evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241288215"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stressors and suicidal ideation in low-income adults in Malaysia: A serial mediation analysis of social support and mental health symptoms.","authors":"Madihah Shukri, Christopher J Armitage, Chong Siew Koon, Nurul Nabila Tarmizi","doi":"10.1177/00207640241288686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241288686","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Studies have documented a heightened risk of suicidal ideation in response to stressors, especially among people from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. However, the mechanisms of this association remain elusive.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>Drawing on the social deterioration and counteractive models, this study aims to elucidate the pathways linking stressors to suicidal ideation through serial mediation of social support and mental health symptoms in Malaysia.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were collected from 404 low-income adults (33.2% male and 66.8% female) receiving monthly financial assistance from Malaysia's social welfare department. We employed stressor measures (i.e. financial, family and work), the Oslo Social Support Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire and the Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 46.8% of participants reported mild-to-severe anxiety and depressive symptoms, with 11.1% classified as high risk for suicide. Direct and indirect effects were found. After controlling for age and gender, social support and mental health symptoms mediated the link between stressors and suicidal ideation. The serial mediation analysis indicates that stressors are connected to heightened suicidal ideation through a sequence involving insufficient social support, followed by elevated levels of mental health symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Understanding the multifaceted relationships among stressors, social support, mental health symptoms and suicide ideation expands the potential for developing targeted interventions and preventive strategies tailored for vulnerable populations. Clinical work with low-income individuals may include implementing early systematic efforts to develop accessible mental health and integrated care services.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241288686"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mamoona Alyas, Rameez Ali Mahesar, Sheikh Shoib, Muhammad Babar Khan, Syeda Ayat-E-Zainab Ali, Antonio Ventriglio
{"title":"The impact of social media screen-exposure time on suicidal ideation among Pakistani adolescents.","authors":"Mamoona Alyas, Rameez Ali Mahesar, Sheikh Shoib, Muhammad Babar Khan, Syeda Ayat-E-Zainab Ali, Antonio Ventriglio","doi":"10.1177/00207640241285133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241285133","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adolescence is a crucial life stage for the individual identity formation. The growing employment of social media and screen-exposure among teenagers and the concerning rise in suicide ideation rates in this susceptible group both suggested this study. Thus, we explored the association between adolescents' suicidal ideation and their daily social media screen-exposure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We surveyed 502 students, aged 13 to 19 years old, recruited in colleges and universities of Punjab, Pakistan. The survey was based on a 28-item self-reported questionnaire and demographic data collection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Approximately 40% of adolescents reporting suicidal ideation showed an extended social media screen-exposure, as well as significant depressive feelings and problematic personality traits. In particular, suicidal ideation increased by 0.39 for each one-unit increase in screen-exposure time and levels of depression increased by 0.21 times by unit of screen-exposure. The correlation coefficients further indicated a moderate positive association between depression and suicidal thoughts as well as personality traits played as mediators between social media screen-exposure time and suicidal ideation among adolescents.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study found a positive association, even if modest, between the use of social media screens and suicidal ideation among adolescents. This evidence may suggest to adopt specific strategies to address the use of media among youths and prevent mental disorders related to the prolonged and inappropriate use of digital technologies in those users with a vulnerable personality.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241285133"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alp Üçok, Atilla Tekin, Erkan Göçüm, Sena Aydın, Ekin Deniz Sarıbaş, Mehmet Alper Arslan, Ezgi Ince-Guliyev, Neşe Direk Tecirli
{"title":"Help-seeking from traditional healers in patients with severe mental illness and its relationship with internalized stigma.","authors":"Alp Üçok, Atilla Tekin, Erkan Göçüm, Sena Aydın, Ekin Deniz Sarıbaş, Mehmet Alper Arslan, Ezgi Ince-Guliyev, Neşe Direk Tecirli","doi":"10.1177/00207640241284242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241284242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Help-seeking from traditional healers (TH) is common in patients with severe mental illness. However, the differences between patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are not well-known. Although internalized stigma is also common in patients with severe mental illness, its impact on help-seeking from TH is not studied.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate help-seeking from TH and the relationship between help-seeking from TH and internalized stigma in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, we collected information about help-seeking from TH and clinical characteristics by using a semi-structured interview form from 310 patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in two sites with different socio-cultural backgrounds. We measured internalized stigma by using The Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that 47% of the patients visited TH in any phase of their illness, and 46% of them sought help from TH before their first contact with a psychiatrist. Those who grew up in rural areas, were less educated, who attempted suicide before, with resistance to treatment, and with a family member who also admitted to TH were more frequent among the help-seekers from TH. This group also had more hospitalizations and higher Clinical Global Impression scores. Internalized stigma was found to be higher in the schizophrenia group, and it was related to help-seeking from TH and delay in admission to psychiatric facilities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings suggest that help-seeking from TH is common both in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and it has socio-cultural, illness-related, and stigma-related predictors.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241284242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pre-disaster family visits and post-evacuation return to Fukushima among psychiatric inpatients evacuated to out-of-area hospitals after the nuclear accident.","authors":"Yuko Suzuki, Toshihiro Terui, Yasuto Kunii, Takeyasu Kakamu, Tomoo Hidaka, Daisuke Gotoh, Nobuo Anzai, Shin-Ichi Niwa, Hirooki Yabe","doi":"10.1177/00207640241288684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241288684","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to elucidate the effects of pre-evacuation family hospital visits on post-evacuation returns to Fukushima Prefecture (hometown) among psychiatric inpatients who mandatorily evacuated to hospitals outside the prefecture because of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Of the inpatients in Fukushima, 44 were admitted to a hospital in the nearby Soso district on March 11, 2011, and were therefore included in the current analysis. We collected information on their discharge after the evacuation and family visits before the evacuation by reviewing the medical records of both the evacuation destination and former hospitals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average durations from the accident to post-evacuation return among patients with and those without former family visits were 681.8 days (standard error [SE] = 163.3) and 1,027.8 days (SE = 152.0), respectively. The log-rank test showed a tendency of earlier return to Fukushima among inpatients who had received family visits to the hospital before evacuation (<i>p</i> = .073).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results highlight the critical need for close collaboration between psychiatric medical practitioners and families, to not only support patients' community reintegration into daily life but also facilitate a timely return to their hometowns following long-distance evacuation caused by an unforeseen large-scale disaster.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241288684"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142377802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}