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| Title: | A SURVEY OF ADULTS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL SEQUEULAE TO AN INCIDENT OF ACCIDENTAL MASS ARSENIC POISONING DURING INFANCY OR EARLY CHILDHOOD |
| Authors: | Kanazawa, Akira
Tohyama, Teruhiko
Baba, Yukari
Miwa, Kenichi |
| Keywords: | mental disorder
schizophrenia
prevalence
arsenic poisoning
disaster psychiatry |
| Issue Date: | 30-Apr-1999 |
| Publisher: | 奈良医学会 |
| Citation: | Journal of Nara Medical Association Vol.50 No.2 p.63-73 |
| Abstract: | In 1955, about 13,000 babies in western Japan suffered from arsenic poison-
ing due to contamination of powdered milk supplies. The purpose of this report is to survey
the social adjustment and neuropsychiatric characteristics of persons with mental disorders,
epilepsy and mental retardation who are registered at the head office of a nongovernmental
victims'relief agency, the Hilary Society, set up to serve survivors of this mass poisoning
incident. The authors analyzed records for 578 survivors, of whom 79 have died in
adulthood. By means of questionnaires completed by case workers in the society's field
offices, demographic features, health problems in infancy, education and occupation,
marital status and family history, medical history and levels of social adaptation were
investigated. We estimated the prevalence of schizophrenia and other disorders (F2
category in ICD-10) in the population of survivors and concluded that the prevalence of
these mental disorders among survivors is statistically higher than that in the general
population. Survivors seeking the relief agency's support also appear to be characterized by
lower educational achievement, lower marriage rates and lower levels of social adaptation. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10564/498 |
| ISSN: | 13450069 |
| Appears in Collections: | Vol.50 No.2
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