Suicide rates in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake in Japan

Lancet. 2015 May 2;385(9979):1727. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60890-X.

Authors

Hitoshi Ohto¹, Masaharu Maeda², Hirooki Yabe², Seiji Yasumura², Evelyn E Bromet³

Affiliations

¹ The Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan. Electronic address: hit-ohto@fmu.ac.jp.
² The Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University, NY, USA.

PMID: 25943937
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60890-X

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Disasters / statistics & numerical data*
Earthquakes / statistics & numerical data*
Fukushima Nuclear Accident*
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / epidemiology*
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*