Review of Disaster Mental Health System in Japan

Oh, Mi Ae; Paik, Jong Woo; Na, Kyung Sae; Kim, Na Ri; Chung, Chan-Seung; Lee, Hae Kook; Chae, Jeong Ho

doi:10.4306/jknpa.2015.54.1.6

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“…The study participants pointed out that the major problems comprised a lack of disaster counseling specialists, inadequate administrative support system, and the absence of a non-face-to-face response manual. This is consistent with the experiences of mental health experts who have participated in disaster and crisis interventions [25]. In the United States, the support contents and roles of each organization in the event of a disaster are specified by law and the disasterrelated service delivery system has been compiled into a manual, enabling prompt and appropriate response [26,27].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

Experiences of Counselors Who Provided Psychological Support during COVID-19 Disaster: A Qualitative Study

Kim¹,

Yoo²

2023

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

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Background: In crisis intervention sites such as infectious disease disasters, counselors are repeatedly exposed, directly or indirectly, to the traumatic experiences of victims. Disaster counseling has a negative effect on counselors, which can eventually interfere with the counseling process for disaster victims. Therefore, exploring and understanding the experiences of counselors is necessary to ensure that qualitative counseling for disaster victims can be continuously and efficiently conducted. Objectives: This study investigated the experiences of counselors who participated in mental health counseling as psychological support for victims of the COVID-19 disaster in Korea. Design: This is a qualitative study. Participants: The study participants comprised 18 counselors who had mental health professional qualifications of level 2 or higher and who had provided mental health counseling for COVID-19 confirmed cases and quarantined persons. Methods: Data were collected using focus group interviews from February 21 to May 29, 2021. The duration of each interview was 60-90 min, and the data were analyzed using content analysis. Results: The final theme was "Continuing to walk this road anytime, anywhere." The participants' experiences were identified in four sub-themes: "being deployed to unprepared counseling," "encountering various difficulties," "feeling full of meaning and value," and "hoping to become a better counselor." Conclusions: In order to continuously provide qualitative counseling in case of an infectious disease disaster such as COVID-19, it is important to develop a qualification and competency strengthening program through education and training to secure the crisis intervention expertise of counselors according to the characteristics of the disaster. In addition, a psychological support manual for each disaster should be prepared at the national level according to the type of disaster.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

Experiences of Counselors Who Provided Psychological Support during COVID-19 Disaster: A Qualitative Study

Kim¹,

Yoo²

2023

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

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“…Disaster Psychiatry Outreach, a non-profit voluntary organization of mental health specialists, provided 848 patients mental health services, such as mental health assessment, medication, PFA interventions, recommendations on con-tinuing treatments, and disaster response services, for two months after the 9/11 terror attacks [8]. In Japan, Mind Care Teams (心のケアチ-ム) were dispatched to the devastated regions in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake to perform counseling and medical services for children and adolescents to help them recover from the trauma, and the National Information Center of Disaster Mental Health was established to provide continuing psychological support and treatment for disaster victims [9].…”

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confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Study on the Process of the Mental Health Assessment and Intervention after the Sewol Ferry Disaster: Focusing on Survivors among Danwon High School Students

Lee¹,

Bhang

2018

J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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This study aimed to identify the process of psychosocial assessment, the experience of intervention, and the improvement after the disaster that Danwon high school students survived from the sinking of the Motor Vessel (MV) Sewol in South Korea on April 16, 2014. Methods: We conducted in-depth qualitative research using individual interviews from January to February 2017. Twenty-one of 75 Danwon high school students survived by the MV Sewol disaster were studied. Two interviewers participated in the in-depth interview. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed through content analysis based on psychosocial assessment and intervention after the disaster. Results: Twenty-one participants were 20 years old, where 10 were male (47.62%), and 11 were female (52.38%). More than 75% of the interviewed students felt that mental health services were needed, and more than 85% required mental health assessments. Regarding psychiatric symptoms, the students reported that they suffered depression and insomnia (19.05%), anxiety (14.29%), nightmares and phobias (9.52%), and difficulties regarding concentration, aggression, and game addiction (4.76%). Conclusion: Despite survivors experiencing the same disaster, there were differences in their responses to mental health assessments and interventions experienced during the three years, and conflicting opinions were reported. In planning future evaluations and interventions, it is necessary for strategies to cope with flexibly to consider the characteristics and symptoms of the survivors while maintaining principles.

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Quantitative Analysis of Providers' Experiences in the Disaster Behavioral Health Services of South Korea

Park¹,

Ahn

Park³

2016

J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc

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Review of Disaster Mental Health System in Japan

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Experiences of Counselors Who Provided Psychological Support during COVID-19 Disaster: A Qualitative Study

Experiences of Counselors Who Provided Psychological Support during COVID-19 Disaster: A Qualitative Study

A Qualitative Study on the Process of the Mental Health Assessment and Intervention after the Sewol Ferry Disaster: Focusing on Survivors among Danwon High School Students

Quantitative Analysis of Providers' Experiences in the Disaster Behavioral Health Services of South Korea

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