Compulsory educational mental health support system in Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-534
Author(s):  
Akihiro Nishio ◽  
Machi Kakimoto ◽  
Ryo Horita ◽  
Mayumi Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Support System ◽  
Mental Health Support ◽  
Health Support

scholarly journals China’s mental health support in response to COVID-19: progression, challenges and reflection

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumeng Ju ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Xiaoping Wang ◽  
Weihui Li ◽  
Roger M. K. Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Support System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Support ◽  
Health Support ◽  
Proactive Measures

Abstract The continued spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a serious impact on everyone across the globe, both physically and psychologically. In addition to proactive measures addressing physical survival needs and health protection, China has launched a mental health support system to cope with the widespread psychological stress during the pandemic and its aftermath. In this debate, the authors attempted to depict and reflect upon the overall framework of China’s mental health support, with particular reference to the psychological intervention in response to COVID-19 over the last few months. Although a lot of effort has been made to meet the mental health needs, the accessibility, acceptability and effectiveness of the support system still have much room for improvement. Therefore, it is very important to re-think the predicament and challenge on ways of enhancing public mental health emergency responses in China. The concepts of universality, timeliness and scientific rigour were proposed as a possible reform in preparation for large-scale natural or man-made disasters in the coming future.

scholarly journals Importance of Psychological Support for Disaster-Affected Adolescents: 10 Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 914-921
Author(s):  
Junko Okuyama ◽  
Shunichi Funakoshi ◽  
Shuji Seto ◽  
Yu Fukuda ◽  
Kiyoshi Ito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Support System ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mental Health Support ◽  
Health Support

Introduction: Adolescents affected by disasters need mental health support because they tend to be at risk of developing psychiatric disorders and stress as grown-ups. However, it is difficult to develop and validate a support system for adolescents affected by disasters because it is unknown when and where disasters occur, and there is inadequate data related to this in Japan. Methods: To address these issues, we present a mental health support system for high school students affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We hypothesized that mental health support could be provided by classroom teachers and school nurses, who are familiar with high school students. We investigated the psychological state of the affected high school students for three years after the earthquake, and the students in psychological crises received interventions from their class teachers and school nurses. Results: The intervention resulted in improvements in depression and post-traumatic stress reaction (PTSR). Conclusion: These results suggest that our high school-based intervention is a feasible solution for mental health support for adolescents affected by the disaster.

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