Overall Activity Report
Stem Center,Planning Division
Regarding Our Projects
In FY 2012, the MDMHCC considered all
prefectural residents psychologically affectedby the Great East Japan Earthquake and all
persons forced to evacuate Miyagi Prefecture
targets for mental health care, and engaged in
the six projects seen here (in accordance withthe conditions in each region) to ensure a return
to life in their communities as soon as possible.

Resident
supportRaising
publicawareness

Supportfor supporters

Research

Human
resource
development

Support
1. Raising Public Awarenessfor various
We took part in a variety of initiatives designed to deepen
activities
post-disaster understanding of mental health, including
publication of a public relations (PR) magazine, information sharing via our website, creation of
PR pamphlets, workshops/lectures, and so on. The workshops/salon activities listed in (4)numbered 93 in all, with a total of 3,526 attendees.

(1) Internet-Based Public AwarenessIn order to widely share information about the MDMHCC and to publicize our activities,
we created and began to manage a website. In FY 2012, the page was accessed 9,843 times.
(2) Publication of a PR Magazine
In order to inform people about our projects and to communicate the status of each region
within the prefecture, we published the “MDMHCC Magazin” four times (in May, October,
December, and March), and distributed copies to around 500 locations of affiliatedorganizations throughout the prefecture. We also allowed this pamphlet to be viewable fromour homepage.
(3) Pamphlet Creation and Distribution
We created and distributed a pamphlet discussing issues that were expected to increasesignificantly in the post-disaster period. With respect to alcohol-related problems, several
types of pamphlets for different target groups and situations were created.
<Within the Prefecture>
MDMHCC Pamphlet (for Supporters)
MDMHCC Pamphlet (for the General Public)“What is PTSD?”“Preventing Depression”“Keep an Eye out for Insomnia”“Alcohol and Mental Health”“For You, Because You Are Important”“Your Health and Alcohol Workbook”“Symptoms and Illnesses Related to Alcohol Consumption”

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6,000
9,000
20,00020,00020,00020,00020,00020,00010,000<Kesennuma Area>“For You, Because You Are Important (Kesennuma Version)”
4,000
Public awareness ballpoint pen
500<Ishinomaki Area>“For You, Because You Are Important (Ishinomaki Version)”
2,000“Alcohol and Mental Health (Ishinomaki Version)”
2,000
Public awareness ballpoint pen
500
Pocket tissues
1,000(4) Public Awareness Training and Salon Activities
In response to requests from municipalities and affiliated organizations, we conducted mental
health workshops for community residents (general public/professional sector). We assisted in
the implementation of salon activities by support organizations, administrative agencies, andother bodies that hosted them. We also entrusted several salon activities to the Miyagi PsychiatricCenter.
<Workshop Topics and Number of Events>
About Post-Disaster Mental Health
10
About Mental Illness
6
How to Listen Effectively
1
About Alcohol-Related Issues
2
How Disasters Affect Children
4Stress, Mental Health Care, and Self-Care
13
About Mental and Physical Health8
About Workplace Mental Health4
Status of Disaster-Affected Regions and Center Activities
11
Salon Activities
34(5) Information Provided Through the Media
Using the radio, newspapers, and so on, we conducted activities to disseminate information
about the MDMHCC’s initiatives, mental health issues, and other topics.
2. Support for Supporters
We implemented initiatives aimed at stress relief and health promotion for our exhausted
supporters.
(1) Professional Aid for Municipalities
We dispatched staff in response to requests from municipalities. Dispatched staff wereposted in the town/city to which they traveled and worked to relieve the burden of the individuals they worked under.
<Kesennuma>
PeriodNo. of Active Members
Frequency
Duties<Ishinomaki>
PeriodNo. of Active Members
Frequency
DutiesJune 2012–March 2013
1 (psychiatric social worker)
5 days/week
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey
follow-ups. Assisted with infant checkups. Personal support
for walk-ins, phone counseling, and home visitations.
April 2012–March 2013
1 (occupational therapist)
4 days/week
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey
follow-ups. Personal support for walk-ins, phone counseling,and home visitations.

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PeriodNo. of Active Members
Frequency
Duties<Onagawa>
PeriodNo. of Active Members
Frequency
Duties<Shiogama>
PeriodNo. of Active Members
Frequency
Duties<Natori>
PeriodNo. of Active Members
Frequency
DutiesApril 2012–March 2013
2 (psychiatric social workers)
5 days/week
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey
follow-ups. Personal support for walk-ins, phone counseling,and home visitations. Assisted in skill-up training for local
supporters.
April 2012–March 2013
1 (psychiatric social worker)
5 days/week
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey
follow-ups. Personal support for walk-ins, phone counseling,and home visitations.
May 2012–August 2012
1 (psychiatric social worker)
5 days/week
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey
follow-ups. Personal support for walk-ins, phone counseling,and home visitations.
January 2013–March 2013
1 (psychiatric social worker)
5 days/week
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey
follow-ups. Personal support for walk-ins, phone counseling,and home visitations.

<Ishinomaki Public Health Center>
PeriodApril 2012–March 2013
No. of Active Mem- 1 (nurse)
bersFrequency
5 days/week
DutiesStaff supervision, alcohol-related counseling, psychiatric counseling, home visitations, checkup support, etc.

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In addition, with the support of the Japanese Association of Psychiatric Social Workers(JAPSW) and the Yokohama City Community Support Alliance for the Mentally Disabled(Shiseiren), we performed activities in various areas of the prefecture.
<Cooperating Organizations>
Organization Name
PeriodTotal Active Members
Activity Locations
DutiesJAPSW
April 2012–December 2012
150 (psychiatric social workers)

Organization Name

Yokohama City Community Support Alliance for the Mentally
Disabled
July 2012–October 201229 (psychiatric social workers)

PeriodTotal Active Members
Activity Locations
DutiesHigashimatsushima, Onagawa, Natori, Iwanuma, Shiogama
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey follow-ups.

Higashimatsushima, Onagawa, Natori, Iwanuma, Shiogama
Assisted with resident surveys and continued post-survey follow-ups.

(2) Supervision and Advice for Supporters Requiring Specialized Knowledge
We dispatched specialized staff to aid people who had been providing continuous support
since the disaster and were experiencing high levels of fatigue. Further, we participated incase studies and conferences, providing advice from a specialist perspective. In addition, todeal with alcohol-related problems, we entrusted projects to more specialized organizations.
Kesennuma:

We offered advice on working with high-risk individuals after healthsurveys.
Minamisanriku: We offered municipal staff advice on following up after public healthactivities and health surveys. We also entrusted lectures, group work, andother activities for temporary supporters to Tohokukai Hospital.
Ishinomaki:
We offered advice on working with high-risk individuals after case studies
and health surveys. We also entrusted projects regarding case studies,training lecturers, and advice to the Japan Social Worker Association for
Alcohol Related problem(JASW), as these dealt with alcohol-related
problems.
Onagawa:
We supported town projects, including psychiatric social work counselingand health checkups.
Shiogama:
We offered adviced health survey methods and aftetr the visit.
We supported city projects, including health checkups.
Tagajo:We participated in conferences and offered specialist advice as needed.
We accompanied Health Division staff and social workers on home
visitations and offered specialist advice.
Matsushima:
We accompanied staff on home visits when requested and offered advice
regarding case studies and so on.
Natori:We provided specialist advice to city public health nurses on cases involving home visitations.
Iwanuma:
Approximately four days a week, we assisted two staff members in organizing data, accompanied city staff on visitations, and offered specialist advice on cases. Further, following requests from the Child Welfare Division,
we dispatched a clinical psychologist once a month to work on child-related
issues and offer specialist advice to public health nurses.
Watari:We dispatched staff two days a week and carried out post-health survey resident home visitations.
Yamamoto:
We carried out home visitations among residents of private charteredhousing and provided specialist advice as needed.

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Shiroishi:

Once a month, a psychiatrist carried out home visitations and superviseddifficult cases.
Tome:
We supervised municipal staff.
Osaki:
We participated in conferences on working with alcohol-related and PTSD
cases, among others, and offered specialist advice.
(3) Setting up Counseling Booths for Use During Checkups/Administering Questionnaires
In response to municipal requests, we administered different kinds of questionnaire
surveys to community residents. At the same time, we set up mental health counseling booths.
Kesennuma:
We assisted with infant checkups.
Ishinomaki:
We assisted with infant checkups in the Kahoku and Osika districts.
We assisted with general resident health checkups and attended mental
Higashimathealth and welfare counseling sessions. We also assisted in the creation of
sushima:questionnaires handed out during specific health examinations (for lifestylediseases).
Matsushima:
We opened a “mental health corner” during general health checkups andprovided individual counseling to high-risk individuals identified throughsurveys and to those who requested it.
Iwanuma:
We administered questionnaires during general checkups and openeda counseling counter.
Taiwa:
We opened a “mental health booth” during general health checkups andconducted individual interviews with the concerned individuals.
(4) Support for Supporters Conducting Home Visitations
In an effort to reduce their mental stress and improve their one-on-one aid skills, we
accompanied supporters conducting home visitations on their trips to temporary housing andoffered advice.
Kesennuma:
We participated in supporter meetings and health counseling (wellnessclassrooms) at the Temporary Housing Support Center, offering advice andproviding individual help.
Minamisanriku: We participated in district satellite meetings, offered advice, and provided
individual help.
Ishinomaki:
We attended area meetings. Following a request from the Social Welfare
Council (SWC), we carried out individual interviews with temporary
supporters.
HigashimatWe accompanied city public health nurses on their rounds of the Support
sushima:Center and responded to cases brought to our attention.
Onagawa:
In response to a request from the Onagawa Town SWC, we conducted individualinterviews with temporary support staff and offered them specialist advice.
Tagajo:We accompanied Support Center staff, civilian support organizations, caremanagers, and other individuals on home visitations. In response torequests from temporary support staff, we visited emergency temporary
housing one to three times per week and offered specialist advice. In
addition, we offered specialist advice on cases at weekly meetings.
Natori:In response to requests from temporary support staff, we visited emergency
temporary housing one to three times per week and offered specialist advice.
In addition to accompanying Support Center staff on home visitations, weoffered specialist advice on cases at weekly meetings.
Iwanuma:
We offered specialist advice on the topic of support to municipal staff.
Watari:
We participated in supporter meetings, accompanied temporary support
staff on home visitations, and offered specialist advice.
(5) Mental Health Support for Municipal Staff and Other Supporters
We targeted supporters and raised awareness of the need for self-care, established mental
health counseling counters, mediated relationships, and provided information. We also
mediated and offered advice on issues in the workplace and in interpersonal relationships.
SWC:
Requests to conduct health surveys among the staff of the [Ishinomaki],[Kesennuma], [Shichigahama], [Onagawa], [Minamisanriku], and [Sendai]-９-

SWCs were received; thus, we carried them out. Following the survey, we
worked with the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Endowed
Department of Preventive Psychiatry (“Endowed Department”) to provide
counseling interviews to staff who requested them. We also distributed PR
pamphlets. (The survey was carried out between October 2012 and March
2013. We are currently working on feedback regarding the results.)
Kesennuma:
We carried out post-health survey follow-up interviews and createdpamphlets on stress countermeasures for city staff and distributed them to all
staff and dispatch staff.
Minamisanriku: We carried out post-health survey follow-up interviews. We also set up
a counseling counter for staff (held once per month) and created pamphlets
on stress countermeasures for city staff and distributed them to all staff anddispatch staff.
Ishinomaki:
We carried out individual interviews with Ishinomaki City staff. We
conducted lectures and individual interviews with the Ishinomaki Wide-Area
Administrative Association (firefighters, etc.) (done by the Endowed
Department).
HigashimatWe provided individual counseling to the staff of intensive care nursing homes.
sushima:Onagawa:
We opened a counseling counter for Onagawa Town staff and provided
individual counseling to them. We also published a PR magazine aimed atraising awareness about self-care among Town Hall staff.
Tagajo:We provided support at individual and group counseling sessions for
temporary support staff.
Natori:We conducted individual interviews with reconstruction Support Center
staff.
Iwanuma:
We conducted individual interviews with Reconstruction Support Center andSupport Center staff.
Watari:We conducted individual interviews with administrative staff and SWC staff.
3. Human Resource Development
We targeted specialists and professionals working in the field of mental health, as well as
supporters, and implemented a variety of projects aimed at disseminating knowledge on various
topics and developing human resources. Please refer to the appendix for more information abouthuman resource development and training projects.
(1) Organizing the Earthquake Exchange
In an effort to facilitate the sharing of information between administrative staff, supporters,
and other involved parties, we organized the “Earthquake Disaster Mental Health Exchange.”
We requested the various civilian organizations that had carried out multiple activities
throughout the prefecture to submit activity reports, and organized this event in both Sendai
and Ishinomaki.
[Appendix] (3) Human Resource Development (1) Organizing the Earthquake Exchange(2) Training Workshops by Disaster-Related Theme
In an effort to assist in the acquisition of the knowledge and techniques needed to respondto disaster-related issues and in the building of professional networks, we organized training
workshops on a variety of themes.
[Appendix] (3) Human Resource Development (2) Training Workshops by Disaster-Related Theme<Number of Events by Workshop Topic>
Post-disaster mental health21
Support skills
56
Mental illness and disability
2Workshops on mental health in the elderly
3
Workshops on suicide countermeasures
11
Working with bereaved family members
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Workshops on alcohol-related issues
Workshops on child mental healthStress and mental care/self-care
Physical and mental healthWorkplace mental health
Status of disaster-affected areas and center activities
Media conference
Case studies

28
25
5
2
19
21
1
37

(3) Supporter Mental Health Training
We delivered lectures on workplace mental health and the importance of self-care for our
supporters, who are forced to deal with different burdens. [Appendix] (3) Human Resource
Development (3) Supporter Mental Health Training(4) Regular Staff Training
We held these workshops on the fourth Friday of every month as an opportunity for staff
skill-up training and information exchange between community centers. In the latter half ofthe financial year (FY), we developed a system that allowed the Disaster Mental Health Care
Centers in all three disaster-affected prefectures to mutually participate and incorporated a vastarray of themes, including those related to the disaster itself, lectures by Disaster Mental
Health Care Center staff from other prefectures, case study meetings, and so on. [Appendix](3) Human Resource Development (4) Regular Staff Training
4. Resident Support
We implemented projects aimed at preventing mental illness and promoting mental health among
disaster-affected individuals.
(1) Community Resident Support (Counseling Support Provided at the Request of Residents,
Municipalities, and Other Organizations
In response to requests from municipalities, various organizations involved in support
activities in disaster-affected regions, and community residents themselves, we provided
counseling support via home visitations, walk-ins, and telephone.
[Appendix] (4) Community Resident Support Activity Report<Number of Support Requests Fielded by Type>Home visitations
Walk-ins (including counseling counters, etc.)
Telephone counseling

3,260
1,232
1,945

(2) Social Interaction Encouragement Project
We planned and implemented a variety of events for residents of temporary housing toallow them to rebuild social relationships and prevent shut-ins.
<Implemented Projects>
Survivor Interaction Project “Koko Farm” (encouraging interaction throughfarm activities)
Ishinomaki area Art exhibition (display and exchange of pieces created by residents ofprivate chartered temporary housing)(3) Camp for Parents and Children from Disaster-Affected Regions
In an effort to prevent mental illness and promote mental health, we conducted a day campfor elementary school children and their parents/guardians. Twenty-five children and four
guardians participated. The children took part in recreational activities and psychologicaleducation, while the parents/guardians took part in recreational activities and individual
counseling.
5. Support for Various Activities
We collaborated with organizations active in the prefecture, such as municipalities, Public
Health Centers, various types of support organizations, and survivor organizations, to implement
projects that supported their activities.

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(1) Supporting Collaboration Between Civilian Activity Organizations
We assisted civilian activity organizations in holding information exchange meetings andmanaging their affairs.
Whole prefecture: Held the “Earthquake Mental Health Exchange Meeting, Miyagi” in
Sendai (reproduction).
Ishinomaki area: Held the “Earthquake Mental Health Exchange Meeting, Miyagi in
Ishinomaki” in Ishinomaki (reproduction).
Minamisanriku: Exchanged information with organizations supporting disaster survivors
through salon activities, etc.
Sendai:Engaged in regular information exchange with civilian activity
organizations.
(2) Assistance in Co-Hosting/Sponsoring Training Workshops and Events
We co-hosted (six events) and sponsored (seven events) training workshops and eventsplanned by various organizations and assisted them in publicizing them. [Appendix] (5) Support
for Various Activities (2) Assistance in Co-Hosting/Sponsoring Training Workshops and Events
6. Research
In order to better understand the situation in disaster-affected regions and among disasteraffected persons, we carried out surveys and research projects.
(1) Health Surveys for Community Residents
In response to requests from municipalities, we carried out health surveys for community
residents (in Iwanuma). Follow-ups and data analysis were conducted in collaboration with theEndowed Department and various community centers.
(2) Health Surveys for Municipal Staff, and so on.
In response to requests from municipalities, we carried out health surveys for municipal
staff. Follow-ups and data analysis were performed in collaboration with the Endowed
Department and various community centers.
<Municipalities and Persons Surveyed>
Ishinomaki:
Municipal staff, firefighters, water supply authority
Kesennuma:
Municipal staff
Minamisanriku: Municipal staff(3) Health Surveys for Municipal SWCs (Reproduction)
In response to a request from the Miyagi Prefecture SWC, we carried out health surveys
for the staff of six municipal SWCs (Kesennuma, Minamisanriku, Ishinomaki, Onagawa,
Shichigahama, and Sendai). Follow-ups and data analysis were performed in collaboration with
the Endowed Department and various community centers.
(4) Development of an Information Technology System
Starting in April 2012, we began developing an information technology system to bettercollate our activity reports, clearly tabulate our achievements, and determine communities’
post-disaster needs and the support they required.
(5) Assistance with Surveys/Research
We assisted other research institutions in their surveys and research.
• We assisted the Tohoku University Department of Public Health and the Tohoku University
Graduate School of Medicine, Community Health Support Center in their survey research
related to the earthquake disaster.
• National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Adult Mental
Health Research Department: We used the Delphi method to gather information on
individual experiences during the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and opinions aboutit.
(6) Publication of Bulletin
We published Issue 1 of our bulletin as a report of the activities taking place at the
MDMHCC.

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１．Raising Public Awareness (4): Public Awareness Training and Salon Activities
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Date
4/21
4/27
5/10
5/16
5/18
5/24
6/1
6/8

Content
A child’s mental responses after an earthquake
About stress and alcohol
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
Post-disaster mental health
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
How to work with mothers and children in infancy/early childhood
About support for the mentally ill

Municipality
Sendai
Kesennuma
Natori
Kesennuma
Yamamoto
Natori
Kesennuma
SendaiTargets
Resident volunteers
Koizumi Middle School temporary residents
Temporary housing tenants
Kesennuma staff retirees
Temporary housing tenants
Temporary housing tenants
Parents, nursery teachers
psychiatric social work students

People
50
13
10
41
4
18
28
10

6/13
6/14
6/15

Training NameFY 2012 Kiwanis One-Day Lecture
Motoyoshi, Koizumi Area Temperance Meeting (Session 1)
Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Kesennuma Retirees’ Association
Relaxation salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Relaxation salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Akaiwa Children’s Center/Parenting Net Akaiwa Training
Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University Faculty of Medical Welfare Department
of Health and Welfare Special Lecture
Miyagi Disability Employment Center Training Session
Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
National Psychiatric Social Work Project Alliance in Yokohama

9
10
11

Understanding the characteristics of developmental disorders
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
The current state of disaster areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake (now)

6/22
6/23
6/26
6/28

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Traveling Lecture “Mental Health Seminar”
Traveling Lecture “Mental Health Seminar”
Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Post-disaster mental health and future countermeasures
Post-disaster mental health and future countermeasures
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Developmentally disabled people, employment
counselors housing tenants
Temporary
Psychiatric social work professionals, families,
and clients
Temporary housing tenants
Temporary housing tenants
Temporary housing tenants
Temporary housing tenants

11
11
100

12
13
14
15

SendaiNatori
Yokohama,Naka
Ward
Yamamoto
Kesennuma
Kesennuma
Natori16

7/6

Traveling Lecture “Mental Health Seminar”

Stress and mental health care

Kesennuma

Residents

26

17

7/9

FY 2012 Matsushima middle school health lectures

About internet game addiction and mental and physical healthMatsushima

Students at Matsushima Middle School

369

18

7/10

Traveling Lecture “Mental Health Seminar”

Stress and mental health care

Kesennuma

Residents

20

19

7/12

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

19

20

7/13

Karakuwa kindergarten lecture sessions

Child mental health care after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Kesennuma

PTA/ staff

16

21

7/19

Traveling Lecture “Mental Health Seminar”

Stress and mental health care

Kesennuma

Temporary housing tenants

18

22

7/20

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Yamamoto

Temporary housing tenants

20

23

7/25

Ishinomaki resident lecture

Mental health care lecture “Fascial Massage Self-Maintenance”

Ishinomaki

Temporary residents/temporary support staff

100

24

7/26

Third Health Lecture

Mental health creation: how to live with energy

Tome

33

25

7/26

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

NatoriFood habits improvement staff, community residents
Temporary housing tenants

26

26

8/9

Relaxation salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

15

27

8/10

KRA tea party (salon)

Mini-lecture, health counseling

Kesennuma

Temporary residents

3

28

8/17

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Yamamoto

Temporary housing tenants

20

29

8/21

Mental Health Creation Lecture (Motoyoshi Hall)

Prevention of dementia and depression

Kesennuma

Residents

15

30

8/23

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

31

8/25

National Rehabilitation Forum 2012

Subcommittee meeting: “The Great East Japan Earthquake: Now and in the Future”

8/27

Traveling Lecture “Mental Health Seminar”

Post-disaster mental health and future countermeasures

Psychiatric social work professionals Ramilies,
and clientsResidents/doctors/municipality staff

100

32

Tokyo, Toshima
Ward
Kesennuma

33

8/29

FY 2012 Ishinomaki Playhabilitation Project

Guidance for hip exercises while sitting

Ishinomaki

Temporary residents

13

34

8/30

KRA tea party (salon)

Salivary gland massage, oral exercises, falling prevention exercises

Kesennuma

Temporary residents

9

35

9/11

Mental Health Creation Lecture (Koizumi Middle School)

Prevention of dementia and depression

Kesennuma

Residents

15

36

9/13

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

19

37

9/14

KRA tea party (salon)

Health check, tea party, lecture on sugar and sodium intake

Kesennuma

Temporary residents

15

38

9/21

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Yamamoto

Temporary housing tenants

22

39

9/24

Energy Classroom

Health education, mental health counseling, and care prevention exercises for temporary housing tenants

Kesennuma

Temporary housing tenants

21

40

9/27

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

16

41

10/2

Mental Health Creation Lecture

Prevention of dementia and depression

Kesennuma

Residents

15

42

10/2

Izumi Ward Public Health Center Mental Health Creation Lecture

Stress and mental health in the disaster area—how to rest your mind and body

Sendai, Izumi
Ward

Residents

70

43

10/5

Daiwa Densetsu Kogyo in-house workshop

About mental health in the workplace

Sendai

MDMHCC employees

90

44

10/11

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

9

45

10/19

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Yamamoto

Temporary housing tenants

17

46

10/23

Energy Classroom

Health education, mental health counseling, and care prevention exercises for temporary housing tenants

Kesennuma

Temporary housing tenants

35

47

10/25

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

12

48

11/2

FY 2012 Ishinomaki Playhabilitation Project

Gymnastics guidance for fall and dementia prevention

Ishinomaki

Temporary housing tenants

16

49

11/4

Kesennuma Health Festival Café (Koko Cafe)

Massage, social gathering

Kesennuma

General residents

245

50

11/8

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Natori

Temporary housing tenants

8

51

11/8

Mental Health Training for Elderly Club Alliance Women’s Department“Mental health after the earthquake,” fascial massage

WatariElderly Club Alliance Women’s Department

63

52

11/13

Matsushima Mental Health Care Lecture

Let’s laugh! Let’s loosen up! Mind and body—10 years Rejuvenating mind and body self-care

Matsushima

Matsushima people, civil welfare officers, etc.

70

53

11/16

FY 2012 Mental Health Lecture

Tomado Adolescent—let’s grow in the circle of the community

Tome

General residents, civil/child welfare officers,etc.

200

54

11/16

Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts

Yamamoto

Temporary housing tenants

4

55

11/17

Symposium on health and reconstruction town development

Thinking about the future of mental care

Taiwa

General residents

80

56

11/20

Energy Classroom

Health education, mental health counseling, and care prevention exercises for temporary housing tenants

Kesennuma

Temporary housing tenants

24

4
15
11
12

9

62

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57

11/20

Hebei Regional Comprehensive Support Center Care Prevention Project

About mental and physical health after the earthquake

Ishinomaki

Temporary housing tenants

58

11/20

Lecture to Hakozuka Sakura Temporary “Mimamori Corps”

About winter health management, about drinking

Natori

Temporary residents

7

59

11/20

Lectures for Miyagi/Iwate/Fukushima citizens and supporters

Activity introduction of the Miyagi Heart Care Center

Sendai

Miyagi /Iwate /Fukushima residents, supporters

80

13

60

11/22

Mental health promotion lecture

Aspects of mental health you want to be careful about after the earthquake

Kesennuma

Residents

39

61
62
63

11/22
11/27
12/14

Relaxation salon (co-hosted with Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Mental health creation supporter lecture
Rifu community lecture session

Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
Let’s be good at listening ~ Treat with a feeling of being close
What is stress? ～ To create a healthy heart that can withstand stress ～Natori
Shiogama
Rifu

17
23
30

64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77

12/17
12/17
12/21
1/18
1/21
1/21
1/22
1/23
1/31
2/1
2/8
2/8
2/13
2/16

JA Green mental health training session
Japan Catholic Medical Association
Relaxation salon (co-hosted with Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Relaxation salon (co-hosted with Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Salon “Koko Cafe”
JA Green mental health training session
JA Green mental health training session
JA Green mental health training session
Salon “Koko Cafe”
Minamiuwa City Mental Health Thinking Group
2nd HIT Workshop
KRA-hosted tea party (salon)
FY 2012 Mental Health Exchange: Koko Cafe
Fukushima’s Gathering & Koransho Tea Party

Stress management
Mental health
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
Tapping Touch Salon
About occupational mental health
About occupational mental health
About occupational mental health
Salon with tapping touch / aroma experience
Earthquake disaster and mental care
To maintain Mental healthMini-lecture on cold/flu prevention, stiff shoulder exercises, fall prevention exercises
Let’s relieve the tiredness of mind and body
Yoga, hand massage, individual consultation, tea party

Osaki
Kesennuma
Yamamoto
Yamamoto
Kesennuma
MisatoMisatoMisatoKesennuma
Minamiuwa
Sendai
Kesennuma
Kesennuma
Natori

Temporary housing tenants
General residents
Civil welfare officers, child welfare officers,
general residents
JA Green managers
Temporary residents
Temporary housing tenants
Temporary housing tenants
Designated Temporary housing tenants
JA Green managers
JA Green managers
JA Green managers
Designated Temporary housing tenants
General residents
New entrepreneurs
Temporary housing tenants
Private chartered housing tenants

78
79
80

2/16
2/22
2/23

About health activities immediately after the disaster
Health lecture with a doctor, relaxation exercises, crafts
Hometown salon (Rifu Matsushima private chartered housing tenants social)Tokyo
Yamamoto
Rifu

Residents of Bunkyo
Temporary housing tenants
Private chartered housing residents

80
10
27

81
82
83
84
85
86

2/23
2/25
2/26
2/26
2/27
2/27

Great East Japan Earthquake Bunkyo Citizens Symposium
Relaxation Salon (co-hosted with the Miyagi Psychiatric Center)
Exchange meeting sponsored by Miyagi Prefecture Support Center
Support Office
Dementia supporter education lecture
Okayama Pearl Lions Club Regular Meeting
Energy Classroom
Salon “Koko Cafe”
Mental Health Creation Lecture
Mental health creation study session (Suicide countermeasuresproject)

About dementia
Children after the Great East Japan Earthquake
To maintain Mental health
About the relationship between mind and body
How to deal with stress well
About stress management

Ishinomaki
OkayamaKesennuma
Kesennuma
Zao
MisatoTemporary residents, Community residents
Okayama Lions’ Club Members
Residents
Private chartered housing tenants
General residents
General residents

24
20
28
11
100
22

87
88

3/2
3/3

Fukushima's Gathering & Koransho Tea Party
Disaster Mental Health Care Training

28
30

3/7

Higashimatsushima study session at the Women’s Club regularmeetingNatori
Niigata, Nagaoka
Higashimatsushima

Private chartered housing tenants
General residents, welfare workers

89

Yoga, hand massage, individual consultation, tea party
Hoping for the recovery of the victims’ hearts—Support during the reconstruction period,
Miyagi’s activities
Mental care after the earthquake

General residents

40

90
91

3/9
3/10

Mental care support forum
Disaster Mental Health Care Training

Current status and issues of mental care in the disaster area
Report on mental care activities in the Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake, introduction of
Miyagi’s activities

Tokyo
Niigata,
NagaokaResident volunteers
General residents, welfare workers

70
20

92

3/17

Disaster Mental Health Care Training

11

3/24

Disaster Mental Health Care Training

Niigata, Nagaoka
Niigata, Nagaoka

General residents, welfare workers

93

Progress report from immediately after the earthquake in Kochitani Community, Miyagi’s activity
introduction
Introducing Miyagi’s activities on how to support people who have experienced parting with their
loved ones in a disaster

General residents, welfare workers

30

Private chartered housing tenants (Fukushima
prefecture)

70
8
15
5
9
70
90
90
7
ー
50
17
13
25

1. Raising Public Awareness (5): Information Dissemination Through the Media
1
2
3
4

Date
10/3
12/11
3/4
3/8

Training Name
Appeared on community FM programs
Appeared on community FM programs
Sanriku Shinpo coverage
Information provision in Onagawa disaster FM

Content
FM radio appearance "About alcohol"
FM radio appearance "Mental health self-care" (sleep theme this time)
Introduction of Miyagi Heart Care Centr
About mental health care

Municipality
IwanumaOnagawa
Kesennuma
Onagawa

Targets
General residents
General residents
General residents
General residents

Peopleーーーー

3. Human Resource Development (１): Hosting Disaster Social Events
1
2

Date
11/10
3/1

Training Name
The 3rd Earthquake Mental Care social Miyagi
Earthquake mental care social Miyagi in Ishinomaki

Content
Municipality
It's been one year and eight months since the earthquake/~Current situation and issues in the disas- Sendai
ter are’~ about the present and future of disaster victim support
Let’s
talk
Ishinomaki

Targets
Psychiatric social workers
All supporters

People60
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

Date
4/3
4/4
4/18
5/2
5/2
5/16
5/18
6/6
6/6
6/20
7/4
7/4
7/5
7/9～14
7/18
7/19
8/6～11
9/10～15
9/19
10/15～20
12/5
12/13

Training Name
Alcohol training for new life supporters
Lecture and group work
Group work training
Group work for public health nurses
Group work training
Southern temporary support staff group work training
Kesennuma alcohol training workshops
Kesennuma alcohol training workshops
Group work with each satellite chiefGroup work training
Kesennuma alcohol training workshops
Shizugawa satellite group work training
Alcohol-related problems training
Alcohol-related problems training for medical staff ①
Utatsu satellite group work training
Yamamoto Alcohol training
Alcohol-related problems training for medical staff ②
Alcohol-related problems training for medical staff ③
Nursing care specialist training workshops
Alcohol-related problems training for medical staff ④
Temporary support staff training workshops
Temporary Nagai housing complex resident alcohol problem casestudy meeting

Content
About alcohol
About addiction
Alcohol case study
Group work
Group work
Group work
Alcohol and health
Alcoholism and families
About alcohol
Case study and group work
Treatment and confirmation of alcohol problems
Group work
Initial intervention in alcohol-related problems
Alcohol-related problems, knowledge and skills needed to help
Group work
About alcohol
Alcohol-related problems, knowledge and skills needed to help
Alcohol-related problems, knowledge and skills needed to help
Addiction as a related illness
Alcohol-related problems, knowledge and skills needed to help
About alcohol and its harm
About individual correspondence of alcohol problem

Municipality
Minamisanriku
Kesennuma
Minamisanriku
Minamisanriku
Kesennuma
Minamisanriku
Kesennuma
Kesennuma
Minamisanriku
Minamisanriku
Kesennuma
Minamisanriku
IwanumaCoastal areas
Minamisanriku
Yamamoto
Coastal areas
Coastal areas
Kesennuma
Coastal areas
Minamisanriku
Ishinomaki

Targets
Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff
Supporter, public health nurse
Public health nurse
Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff
Fraternity visitor
Municipality staff, temporary support
SupportCenterstaff
Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff
Municipality staff
Psychiatric nurses/psychiatric social
Temporary
supportarea
staffhospitals
workers in coastal
municipality staff
Psychiatric nurses/psychiatric social
Psychiatricnurses/psychiatricsocialworkers in coastal
area hospitals
Care
supportspecialists
workers
in coastal
area hospitals
Psychiatric nurses/psychiatric social
Temporary
supportarea
staffhospitals
workers in coastal
Temporary support staff

23
24
25
26
27
28

1/11
1/21
1/22
2/8
2/13
3/8

Alcohol-related problems basic training
Alcohol study session
Kesennuma Care Support Specialist Training
Alcohol-related problems basic training
Community Care Study Group on Alcohol Cases in Momou District
Alcohol-related problems basic training

Alcohol-related problems and alcoholism
Learn about alcoholism and its content
Correspondence to those who have addiction problems
About alcohol-related problems
Alcohol case study
Alcohol-related problems,” “about mental illness”

Ishinomaki
IwanumaKesennuma
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki

Municipal public health nurses
Municipal public health nurses
Care support specialists

People
40
40
17
5
54
10
13
40
6
9
43
14
18
3
14
15
3
3
24
3
13
12
45
2
40
40
30
40

Municipal public health nurses/Community supporters

Community supporters
Government, medical care, persons
with disabilities

3. Human Resource Development (2): Training Sessions by Disaster-Related Topic <Elderly Mental Health Training>
1

Date
7/18

Training
The 7th Iwanuma City Mental Health Care Study Group

What you need to know about dementia

Content

Municipality
IwanumaTargets
City public health nurse, other supporters

People202

2/19

Elderly mental health care workshop

Comprehensive assessment of dementia and depression

Ishinomaki

59

3

2/26

Elderly mental health care workshop

Mental care for the elderly after the earthquake—focusing on dementia-

Iwanuma

Municipal public health nurses, visiting
nurses, community supporters
Municipal public health nurses, temporary
supporters, community supporters47

3. Human Resource Development (2) Training Sessions by Disaster-Related Topic <Suicide Countermeasure Training>
Date

Training

Content

municipality

Targets

People

1
2

10/18
10/22

Suicide prevention measures training workshops
Suicide prevention gatekeeper education lecture

Think about suicide prevention in the Motoyoshi area
You are also a gatekeeper

Kesennuma
Osaki

31
64

3

11/15

Misato mental health making training (suicide countermeasure training)

Misato

4
5

11/20
12/20

2012 Mental health creation supporter lecture2012 2nd suicide prevention measures support training workshops

Deepening understanding of mental health and building relationships that are easy to consult in thecommunity
Suicide prevention and mental health-to protect your precious lifeWhat are suicide prevention measures—advanced edition

Administrative staff, volunteers
Iwadeyama district barber union
membercivil welfare officers

17
20

6

1/25

About suicide risk/prevention related to the earthquake

Tome

7

2/4

What you need to do to prevent suicide in the community

Tome

Health care workers

30

8

2/6

Tome suicide prevention measures business consultation counter
Training workshops
2012 suicide countermeasure training workshops for healthcare professionals
2012 Suicide prevention measures training workshops

Psychiatric social workers
Victim support workers in Motoyoshi
Community
Public health nurse, counselor, etc.

How to deal with psychiatric problems that are likely to occur after a disaster

Kesennuma

42

9

2/25

Barber hygiene disinfection class

Suicide prevention gatekeeper education lecture

Ishinomaki

10

3/5

You are also a gatekeeper

Osaki Sanbongi

11

3/8

2012 Osaki Suicide Countermeasure Project “Gatekeeper training
workshops”
Taiwa Gatekeeper education training workshops

Healthcare professionals and otherrelated organizations staff
Barber life hygiene trade union
memberCivil / child welfare officers

What you can do “now” for your child’s future

Taiwa

Administrative staff, volunteers,
child welfare

40

Shiogama
Kesennuma

8

30

110
134

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3. Human Resource Development (2): Disaster-Related Topics Training ＜Child Mental Health Training＞
1

Date
4/26

Training
Motoyoshi Support Center Supporter Workshop

Content
The reaction of the child's mind after the disaster

2

6/21

2012 Sendai School Health Association

About mental care for children after a disaster

Municipality
Targets
Kesennuma
Schoolchildren related staff
motoyoshi
SendaiSchool officials

3
4

7/31
9/21

2012 Kurokawa school Health Association
Health Association Sendai Standing Hospital Staff Training

About mental care for children after an earthquake
Current situation and response to child abuse

TomiyaSendaiSchool officials
Medical personnel

50
50

5
6

9/30
10/14

The 6th Children's Mental Clinician Workshop
7th This Pediatric Psychiatric Association Tohoku Regional Association

Disasters and children's hearts
After the Great Earthquake "What the Earthquake Has Affected in the Child-rearing
Environment"Tokyo
Sendai

Pediatrician / psychiatrist
Medical personnel

165
100

7

10/21

Yamagata Prefectural School Health Association

About the reaction of children's minds after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Yamagata,
okitama

psychiatric social work officials

36

8

10/23

Tokyo Child Guidance Center Staff Training

Response to children after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Tokyo

9
10

10/24
11/8

The 64th Miyagi Prefectural School Health Association

Supporting children's minds after the disaster
When listening to the impact and stories of the earthquake on children

IwanumaTomeSchool officials
Educators

135
120

11
12
13
14

11/9
11/22
11/27
11/29

Natori City Child Protection Area Council Workshop
Hyogo Prefecture Mental Care Center "Mental Care" Symposium2012 Special Needs Education Understanding Workshop
2012 Sendai Nursery School Federation Nursery School Director Workshop

Natori
Hyogo
SendaiSendai

Educators
psychiatric social work relationship
School officials
Childcare personnel

120
30
50
130

15
16
17
18
19
20

12/1
12/11
12/25
1/15
2/5
2/5

Sendai
Kesennuma
TomiyaTaiwa
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki

volunteer
Municipal public health nurse
Faculty and staff, civil welfare children's
committee,
homeeducation
promotion
Yogo
teacher,
publichealth nurse
membernursing teacher
Child welfare, public health nurse

20
10
100
30
10
10

21

2/12

NPO Rosie Bell Volunteer & Staff Workshop
Training for Municipal Public Health Nurses
Miyagi Prefecture Tomiya Town Board of Education "Education Forum"
Taiwa Town Tsurusu Elementary School Children's Understanding Teachers'
WorkshopOshikaDistrict School Health Liaison Council
Oshika General Branch Elementary and Junior High School Nurse Teacher
Training
Workshop on Children's Mental Health Care

Points to keep in mind:
Response to child abuse and the impact of the earthquake on children
Mental care in the Great East Japan Earthquake-Now in the disaster areaUnderstanding and support for children with disabilities from the perspectiveof medical
practice "Earthquake and child rearing
Breathing method and fascia care
Nurturing environment and child rearing
About the impact of the earthquake on children
Raising the heart of a childChild-rearing environment and child-rearing

Osaki

Child guidance center staff

20

22

2/12

Children's Mental Health Care Liaison Task Force Meeting

How to grasp the heart of a child after a disaster
About mental care of children after the great earthquake-Current situation and future-

Osaki

Pediatric medicine

20

23

2/15

Miyagi Pediatric Health Seminar 2013

About the reaction of the earthquake and the child's heart

Sendai

50

24
25

3/6
3/16

Series Seminar " Learn from the Great East Japan Earthquake" 6thDevelopmental Disability Medicine Seminar

Current status of care after the earthquake-Verification for the second year
Support for children with developmental disabilities during a disaster

Kobe
Tokyo

Faculty and staff, civil welfare children's
committee, home education promotion
member
Yogo teacher, public health nurse
psychiatric social work related facultyContent
Mental care after the earthquake—Current status report of Higashimatsushima-

Municipality
Targets
SendaiMedia personnel

2012 School Health Workshop

Tokyo Kita Children's Counseling Center staff

People

11
132

40

20
98

3. Human Resource Development (2): <Media conferences>

1

Date
2/20

Training
Media conference

People20

3. Human Resource Development (2): Training on Disaster-Related Topics <Other Training Projects for Specialists & Community Supporters (Temporary Support Staff, Etc.)>
1
2
3
4

Date
4/16
4/23
4/27
5/12

5

5/14

6
7

5/16
5/24

8

6/3

9

6/8

10

6/10

11

6/11

12

6/14

Training
Onagawa living counselor training workshops
Onagawa living counselor training workshops
Matsushima food habits improvement staff training workshops
Psychiatric Nursing Technology Association Miyagi Prefectural
Branch general training workshops
Matsuyama community mental health training workshops
The 5th Iwanuma Mental Care Study GroupThe 108th Annual Meeting of the Psychiatry and Neurology Society(Symposium)
Meiji Yasuda Mental Health Foundation Specialized lecture
Ishinomaki Kama/Okaido District Health Promotion Staff training
workshops
The 11th Traumatic/Stress Society (Luncheon Seminar)
Bando City Iwai District civil and child welfare officers council training workshops
Home nurse training workshops

Content
Expectations for listening volunteer activities (about listening)
Expectations for listening volunteer activities (about listening)
Think about your health after the earthquake
Support in the event of a disaster

Municipality
Onagawa
Onagawa
Matsushima
SendaiTargets
Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff
Food habits improvement staff
Nursing

People1415
4350

About mental care after a disaster—How should I be involved in the
futureHow to deal with people with personality disorder and cognitive bias
Post-earthquake psychiatric situation in Miyagi Prefecture one year
later
Psychoeducation in the psychiatric ward at the beginning of theGreat East Japan Earthquake
About disuse syndrome

Osaki Matsuyama

Civil welfare officers/child welfare officers

20

Iwanuma
Hokkaido

City public health nurse, other supporters
Member medical welfare workers student

20
ー

Tokyo

Child-related professional

68

Ishinomaki

Health promoter

21

Mental health care after the Great East Moto Earthquake in the
Miyagi family—Based on recent activities
About the role required in the event of a disasterFukuokaMember medical welfare workers studentー

Sendai

Civil welfare officers/child welfare officers

43

Points to keep in mind during activities

TagajoHome nurse staff

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14

6/20
6/21

15

6/23

The 6th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group
Iwanuma training ①
The 22nd Society of Mental Health Nursing (Symposium)

16

6/28

Ishinomaki jurisdiction supporters training workshops

17
18
19
20

7/5
7/10
7/12
7/20

Iwanuma Training (2)Taiwa Volunteer Friends' Club training workshops
Ishinomaki Ohashi Ward Temporary support staff training workshops
Mental Symposium IN Urayasu

21

7/20

Miyagi Prefecture Psychiatric Social Work Association “P Lab”

22
23

7/23
7/25

24
25
26
27

7/26
8/1
8/2
8/5

Ishinomaki Community Long-term care staff training workshops
2012 Miyagi prefecture mid-sized civil and child welfare officers’
training workshops
Training workshops on visits
Group work training
Training workshops on visits
The 7th Community depression Medical Promotion Summit

28
29
30

8/22
8/23
8/27

31
32
33

8/28
8/29
8/30

34
35
36

8/30
8/31
8/31

37
38
39

9/1
9/3
9/8

40
41

9/11
9/12

42

9/20

Ishinomaki mental health lecture session (listening volunteer)
Ishinomaki Watanoha district health promotion staff mental care training workshops
Ishinomaki Health Promoter training workshops

43
44

9/20
9/23

Shikama teaching staff/civil welfare officer training workshops
66th Tohoku Psychiatry and Neurology Society General Assembly

45
46
47
48

9/28
9/29
9/30
10/3

2012 Kesennuma Welfare Forum for Persons with Disabilities
Ishinomaki SPR training
Ishinomaki mental health lecture session (listening volunteer)Temporary support staff group work training

49

10/13

55th Main Hospital/Community Psychiatric Association

50
51

10/19
10/19

Sendai Volunteer Liaison Council
2012 World Psychiatric Association International Conference (Symposium)

52

10/24

53

10/25

Takasago Home Care Liaison Committee training workshops “One anda half years after the earthquake, think about mental care again” Mental
care after the earthquake
National Psychiatric Social Work Liaison Council general meeting

54
55

10/27
10/30

Ishinomaki SPR training
This Home-Visit Nursing Foundation Mental Health Training

56

10/31

9th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group

57

11/1

“Mental care” activity workers training workshops in the disaster area in 2012

Ishinomaki Monou temporary support staff training workshops
Ishinomaki Watanoha area temporary support staff training workshops
Ishinomaki Ogatsu/Kitakami district temporary support staff training
workshops
Ishinomaki Kahoku district temporary support staff training workshops
Ishinomaki Inai district temporary support staff training workshops
Ishinomaki Hebita/Kama/Okaido district temporary support staff training workshops
Ishinomaki mental health lecture session (listening volunteer)
Ishinomaki Oshika district temporary support staff training workshops
Miyagi prefecture-sponsored Miyagi prefecture center care training
workshops
Ishinomaki SPR training
Ishinomaki Kanan district temporary support staff training workshops
Kochi occupational medicine training workshops

Checkpoints for residents’ medical examination
Important things when visiting

Iwanuma
Iwanuma

City public health nurse, other supporters
Temporary support staff

24
12What can we do now in the Great East Japan Earthquake? -Issues for
medium- to long-term support-Kumamoto focusing on supporting
nurses in the disaster area
Points of support for the victims of the disaster-Interviews with people in distressUnderstanding and engaging in mental illness
About medium- to long-term support
About listening
Mental health care activities after the Great East Japan EarthquakeFrom experience at MiyagiAbout the actual situation in the disaster area and the care center for
MiyagiDisaster and mental care
Post-disaster mental care-close to the victims' hearts-

Kumamoto

Academic members Medical welfare workers ParticipantsStudents-

Ishinomaki

Public health nurse, Comprehensive Support Center

26

IwanumaTaiwa
Ishinomaki
Urayasu

Temporary support staff
Community volunteer
Temporary support staff
Health care workers

10
18
24
ー

Sendai10Ishinomaki
SendaiMember of Miyagi Prefecture Psychiatric Social Work Association
Chief helper
Civil welfare officers/child welfare officers

4115

Perform role play
Case study on the hardships of activities
Perform role play
Initiatives at Miyagi through support for communities and work areas
About listening
About listening
About listening

IwanumaMinamisanriku
IwanumaTokyo

Temporary support staff
Support staff
Temporary support staff
doctors820
8ーIshinomaki
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki

Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff

12
17
12

About listening
About listening
About listening

Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki

Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff
Temporary support staff

16
32
17

Changes in mind after the earthquake
About listening
Mental care for the victims—To connect the victims with appropriate support
Psychological/recovery/skill training
About listening
Mental health measures after a large-scale disaster

Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki
SendaiIshinomaki listening volunteer
Temporary support staff
Psychiatric social workers

100
4
30

Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki
Kochi

Community supporters centered on the Ishinomaki area
Temporary support staff
Health care workers

How do you get close to the other person’s heart?
About mental care

Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki

Ishinomaki listening volunteer
Health promoter

25
17
ー
70
14

If you feel tired around this time—Health promotion to protect yourself and your loved ones
About child abuse
Toward the reconstruction of the heart of the disaster area “Miyagi
Prefecture Mental Care”
About the reaction of the heart after the disaster
Psychological/recovery/skill training
How do you get close to the other person’s heart?
About the meaning of listening and the importance of listening support
Symposium Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster and
Mental Health “Current Situation and Issues of Mental Health inDisaster Areas” Furuya City
About mental care
Mental health issues and countermeasures after the Great East Japan
Earthquake in Miyagi Prefecture Praha, Czech Republic society
members, Medical welfare workers, students
Mental care after the earthquake

Ishinomaki

Health promoter

40

Shikama
Akita

Teaching staff, civil welfare officers
Member medical welfare workers student

11200

Kesennuma
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki
Minamisanriku

Welfare for persons with disabilities
Community supporters centered on the Ishinomaki area
Ishinomaki listening volunteer
Deemed temporary support staff, public health nurse

30
18
54
8

NagoyaMember medical welfare workers Student

1000

SendaiPraha,Czech Republic

Volunteer staff
Member medical welfare workers student

30－

Sendai

Supporters

40

Current status and issues of mental health in the disaster area

Miyazaki

Psychiatric social workers

30

Psychological / Recovery / Skill training
Introducing necessary viewpoints, perspectives, and actual support
flow through examples
Consider how to deal with people with mental illness through casestudies
Current status and issues of mental health after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Ishinomaki
NatoriCommunity supporters centered on the Ishinomaki area
Visiting nurse

15
8

Iwanuma

City public health nurse, other supporters

20

Niigata, Nagaoka

Psychiatric social workers

30- 17 -

58

11/1

2012 Sendai civil welfare officers, child welfare officers council director / councilor movement training workshops
Temporary support staff group work training

59

11/7

60
61

11/13
11/17

62
63

11/21
11/24

64
65

11/28
12/8

66
67

12/11
12/13

68

12/19

69
70
71

1/11
1/18
1/21

72

1/22

73

1/23

74
75
76
77

1/23
1/31
2/1
2/1

78
79
80

2/4
2/5
2/5

12th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group
Tapping touch training
Temporary support staff leader training (Session 1)
2012 PTSD countermeasure specialized training project large-scale disaster countermeasure course (psychiatric care)
Kesennuma dispatch staff training
Case study meeting
Oshika district health promotion staff training workshops

81

2/11

Workshop for planning disaster mental support strategies

82
83
84

2/13
2/19
2/20

Ishinomaki Childrearing Support Center staff training workshops
2012 Ishinomaki Health Promotion Staff training workshops
13th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group

85

2/20

Mental care meeting

86
87

2/22
2/25

88

3/2

Kyoritsu maintenance staff training
Wakayama Prefecture psychiatric social work-related specialized training workshops
Emergency residents’ symposium

89
90
91

3/5
3/6
3/8

92
93
94
95

3/13
3/14
3/23
3/26

96
97
98

3/26
All yearAll year2012 labor management lecture(Special) psychiatric social work Exchange Promotion Association
19th Career Advancement Support Training
Temporary support staff group work training
The 12th Society of Cognitive Therapy (Symposium)
The 10th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group
Hyogo Prefecture Psychiatric Social Work Technician Association regular training
KRA staff training workshops
The 3rd Prefectural Area Employment Support Organization Liaison
Conference for Persons with Disabilities
The 11th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group
Temporary support manager training
Temporary support manager training
Osaki Matsuyama civil welfare officers/child welfare officers training
workshops
Kurokawa-gun Uchimachi-mura Council of Social Welfare training
workshops
Earthquake and mental care lecture session in Sendai

Training for salon staff to deal with disaster victims
Tohoku University practical religious studies donation lecture
Osaki Community Activity Support Center for Persons with Disabilities and related organizations joint training workshops
Natori Home-visit Nursing Foundation Training
Lecture at the Scrivener Association
SPR follow-up training in Ishinomaki
Training for Japan Overseas Cooperation volunteers entrusted with Natori community revitalization project
Initial abuse training workshops
Psychological support skill up lecture (15 times in total)
Reconstruction Support Center Hiyori Case Study Meeting (34 times intotal)

Impact of the earthquake and mental and physical care

Sendaicivil/child welfare officers

70

Relationships with supporters and confidentiality obligations as supporters
Future response to mental problems that occur after the earthquake
Great East Japan Earthquake Miyagi initiatives

Minamisanriku

Temporary support staff

8

SendaiSendai

Corporate labor manager
Psychiatric social workers

30
40

Be confused about how to respondSupport after a large-scale disaster: Efforts to popularize cognitive-behavioral psychological support
Consider grief through case studies“Listen/learn/think” about the Great East Japan Earthquake

Minamisanriku
Tokyo

Temporary support staff
Member medical welfare workers Student

13
ー

Iwanuma
Hyogo, Kobe

20
15

To recover in the community
To have mental healthKesennuma
Kesennuma

City public health nurses, other supporters
Member of Hyogo Prefecture Psychiatric Social Work Association
KRA staff
Welfare workers with disabilities

Looking back on the year-end—Why don’t you review “mental
care”?
About team building
About team building
Think about mental care through support for victims

Iwanuma

City public health nurses, other supporters

20

TagajoTagajoOsaki

Temporary support manager
Temporary support manager
Civil welfare officers, administrative staff, council staff

8
4
20

Supporting recovery from disasters

Taiwa

Council of Social Welfare staff

100

Mental care after the earthquake—Toward medium- to long-term
supportCommunication skills as a “tool”
About tapping touch
About the team
From the activity experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Sendai

Medical health personnelーIwanumaKesennuma
TagajoTokyo

City public health nurse, other supporters
Volunteer center staff
Temporary support staff leader
Health care workers

20
21
6
150

Stress and communication associated with changing places
About wrist cut cases
In the 2nd year of the earthquake (changes in mind after the earthquake)
Damage and support activities in Miyagi’s psychiatric care and mental health after the Great East Japan Earthquake
About care of the helper's mind and valuing emotions/feelings
To be close to the feelings of the other person
Looking back on mental health examinations, communication skills
as a “tool” part 2
Report on Designated temporary residents’ health survey follow-up
results
About teamwork
Current status and issues of mental health after the Great East Japan
Earthquake“Thinking about the mental problems of tsunami-affected residents”
in preparation for the Great East Japan Earthquake and another crisis
Precautions when listening to the story
Mental health and medical care
About support for persons with disabilities

Kesennuma
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki

Kesennuma dispatch staff
Municipal public health nurses
Health promoter

76
9
18

Tokyo

Expert30

Higashimatsushima
Ishinomaki
Iwanuma

Persons involved in childrearing support
Municipal public health nurses
City public health nurse, other supporters

21
29
18

Ishinomaki

Community supporters

23

TagajoWakayama

Kyoritsu maintenance staff (temporary support staff)
psychiatric social work relationship

6
30

Tokyo

Medical personnel Media personnel general residents

100

NatoriWhole prefecture
Osaki

Administrative staff, private organizations
Monks and ministers
Administrative staff

20
15
19

How to deal with people who have a mental risk
About the situation of the victims in Miyagi prefecture
Case study on support using SPR (3 cases)
Stress care management

NatoriSendaiIshinomaki
NatoriHome-visit nursing foundation
Government, judiciary
Government officials
Government, public organization

4
13
2
16

Group work on initial response and parent support methods
Training workshops on psychological support skills
Case study

IwanumaSendaiNatoriAdministration, temporary support staff, child welfare
Psychologist and others
Life counseling supporter

22
450
340

40
30

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3. Human Resource Development (3) Mental health training for supporters
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68

Date
4/11
4/12
4/12
4/18
4/26
5/14
5/15
5/17
5/21
5/24
6/1
6/7
6/10
6/25
6/26
7/3
7/26
7/29
8/20
8/22
8/24
8/24
8/29
9/6
9/13
9/20
9/27
10/2
10/4
10/4
10/5
10/16
10/17
10/18
10/21
10/24
10/24
10/26
10/30
11/6
11/6
11/12
11/13
11/16
11/19
11/19
11/20
11/21
11/26
11/27
12/6
12/9
12/19
1/16
1/28
1/29
2/5
2/5
2/7
2/19
2/19
2/21
2/28
3/5
3/6
3/6
3/13
3/15

Training Name
Miyagi Prefectural Nursing Association Shiogama Branch: Mental
Mentaland physicalcare training for Ishinomaki management staff
Health training
workshops
Ishinomaki
Regional Waterworks Corporation Mental Health training
and subordinates
The
4th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group
workshops
Ishinomaki Regional Waterworks Corporation Mental Health training
Kesennuma
workshops staff management training
Kesennuma staff management training
For Ishinomaki Wide Area Administrative Office staff
Public Shizugawa Hospital Nurse Mental Health training workshops
Public Shizugawa Hospital Nurse Mental Health training workshops
Ishinomaki Wide Area Administrative Office Mental Health training
Ishinomaki
workshops Regional Waterworks Corporation Mental Health training
The
11th Traumatic / Stress Society (Symposium)
workshops
Self-Defense Force Funaoka Camp lecture session
Ishinomaki Community Comprehensive Support Center staff training
Ishinomaki
workshops Community Comprehensive Support Center staff trainingThis
doctors meeting 2012 emergency disaster medical director liaison
workshops
The
14th Society of Disaster Nursing (Symposium)
council
Kakuda staff training workshops
The 3rd Care Manager Liaison Meeting
Self-Defense Forces Funaoka Camp lecture session Mental healthMatsushima
supporters support training workshops
training workshops
8th Iwanuma Mental Care Study Group
Watari Council of Social Welfare supporters Mental support business
Ishinomaki Wide Area Administrative Affairs Association GuidanceIshinomaki
Widestaff
Area Administrative Affairs Association Guidance
and Supervision
MiyagiPrefecture
Victim Support Worker Training Step-up Training I
and Supervision
staff
Minamisanriku staff administrator training
Minamisanriku staff administrator training
Miyagi Prefecture Victim Support Worker Training Step-up Training I
Shiogama District Industrial Hygiene and Safety Convention
Minamisanriku Life Support Staff Training
2012 2nd Nursing Care Support Specialist Training
Miyagi Prefecture Disaster Victim Support Worker Training
13th Seminar Team Medical / Community Rehabilitation training
Minamisanriku
Life Support Staff Training
workshops
Hyogo Prefecture Mental Care Center: Continuous Seminar Session 1
Kesennuma
HealthSurveyLearned fromthe Great
EastReportJapan Meeting
Earthquake
Miyagi Prefecture Disaster Victim Support Worker Training
Watari Council of Social Welfare supporters Mental support businessNatori staff training workshops (for managers)
Ishinomaki Health Promotion Division Public Health Nurse Training
Miyagi Prefecture Ishinomaki Government Building staff training
Minamisanriku
Life Support Staff Training
workshops
Natori staff training workshops (for general jobs)
2012 foreigner consultation counter training workshops
Miyagi Prefecture Ishinomaki Government Building staff training
MiyagiPrefecture Victim Support Worker Training Step-up Training I
workshops
Higashimatsushima Yamoto Akai no Sato staff training workshops
Miyagi Prefecture Ishinomaki Government Building staff training
Self-Defense
workshops Force Funaoka Camp lecture session
The 38th Meeting to Improve the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities
Reconstruction support coordinator and life support counselor inforMinamisanriku
mation exchangeTemporary
meeting support staff training
Aoba Ward Disability Elderly Division staff training
Ishinomaki Community Long-term care staff training workshops
Ishinomaki Community Long-term care staff training workshops
Watari Council of Social Welfare supporters Mental support business
Mental health training workshops for Ishinomaki staff
Yamamoto staff training workshops
2012 Tagajo Health Promotion Staff training workshops
Mental health training workshops for Ishinomaki staff
Minamisanriku staff Mental health training workshops
Support care for those who support
Support staff training
About tiredness and self-care felt at work (core support center life support
counselortraining)
About
tirednessand self-care felt at work (core support center life support
counselortraining)
Self-Defense
Force Funaoka Camp lecture session

Content
Post-disaster mental care—Mental care for patients and themselves
About mental health care after the earthquake
About mental health that I want to be careful about one year after the earthquake
Mental health of public health nurses/care for secondary disasters
About mental health that I want to be careful about one year after the earthquake
Mental health after the earthquake
Mental health after the earthquake
About mental health care after the earthquake
Post-disaster mental care
Post-disaster mental care
About mental health that I want to be careful about one year after the earthquake
About mental health that I want to be careful about one year after the earthquake
Impact of trauma/stress on nurses in the Great East Japan Earthquake and future support issues
About mental health care after the earthquake
Mental health of care providers
Mental health of care providers
Mental health of disaster medicine supporters
Mental care for nurses in the disaster area and future issues
To maintain mental health—Rethinking life-work balance
To have mental health
About mental health care after the earthquake
To have mental healthSupporters stress and burnout
About mental health after a disaster
About mental health care
About mental health care
Mental care of support staff
Mental health in the workplace after the earthquake
Mental health in the workplace after the earthquake
Mental care of support staff
Points of mental health in the prime of work
Communication and self-care
About self-care of helpers
Support staff care
Disasters and mental health—What We Are Aiming for (Focusing on the Mental Health of Supporters)

Communication and self-careStress and mental care of disaster-stricken nurses—From the practice of continuous mental health support for disaster-stricken nurses-

About the mental health of staff
Support staff care
Mind and body self-maintenance
To have mental healthSupporters self-care
About mental health in the workplace
What to do with your care
“To maintain mental health,” “Relaxation by fascial massage”
Interview basics and supporters’ mental health
About mental health in the workplace
Stress and relaxation
Mental health points in the prime of work—Mental health promotion to protect yourself and your loved ones

About mental health in the workplace
About mental health care after the earthquake
To have mental health
Introduction of efforts at Watari, fascial massage as supporters support
About self-care for assistants
About mental health in the workplace
Mental health of interpersonal assistance
Mental health of interpersonal assistance
How to use aroma massage and massage experience
Workplace mental health: As a boss
To maintain mental health
To maintain mental healthWorkplace mental health: As a boss
Staff health survey results and countermeasures
Healing supplements—Manipulative by yourself
About self-care of helpers
About the relationship between mind and body
About the relationship between mind and body
About mental health care after the earthquake

Municipality
Targets
Shiogama
NursesIshinomaki
Ishinomaki government office manager
Ishinomaki Regional Waterworks Corporation staff
Ishinomaki
Iwanuma
City public health nurse, other supporters
Ishinomaki Regional Waterworks Corporation staff
Ishinomaki
Kesennuma
Kesennuma staff management
Kesennuma
Kesennuma staff management
Ishinomaki
For Ishinomaki Wide Area Administrative
Minamisanriku nurses
Office staff
TomenursesIshinomaki
For Ishinomaki Wide Area Administrative
Ishinomaki
Regional Waterworks Corporation staff
Ishinomaki
Office staff
FukuokaMember medical welfare workers Student
Shibata
Funaoka Camp Funaoka Self-Defense
Ishinomaki
Comprehensive
Forces member staff, care manager
Ishinomaki
Comprehensive staff, care manager
Tokyo
Doctors Association Emergency Disaster
Aichi
MemberMedicinemedical
Directorwelfare workers Student
KakudaKakuda staff
TagajoCare workers
Shibata
Self-Defense Forces executive
Matsushima
Psychiatric social workers
Iwanuma
City public health nurse, other supporters
WatariShakyo staff, temporary supporters
Ishinomaki Wide Area Administrative Office staff
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki Wide Area Administrative Office staff
Ishinomaki
Sendai
Support staff
Minamisanriku Minamisanriku staff management
Minamisanriku Minamisanriku staff management
Minamisanriku Kesennuma District Support Center Supporter
Shiogama
Occupational health personnel
TomeMinamisanriku Life Supporter
Kesennuma
Care support specialist
Ishinomaki
Temporary support staff
Miyagi, Matsushima
Psychiatric social workers
Minamisanriku Minamisanriku Life Support Staff / Welfare staff
Kobe
Medical health welfare worker
Kesennuma
City hall staff
Ishinomaki
Temporary support staff
WatariShakyo staff, temporary supporters
NatoriNatori staff
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki Public Health Nurse
Ishinomaki
Prefecture staff
Minamisanriku Life supporter
NatoriNatori staff
SendaiPrefecture staff
Ishinomaki
Prefecture staff
Ishinomaki
Temporary support staff
Higashimatsushima
Long-term care staff, life counselor
Ishinomaki
Prefecture staff
Shibata
Funaoka Camp Funaoka Self-Defense
Kesennuma
Welfareworkers with disabilities
Forces member
Iwanuma Community Reconstruction Coordinator / Life Support Counselor
WatariTome
Temporary support staff
SendaiSendai administrative staff
Ishinomaki
Home-visit care office staff
Ishinomaki
Home-visit care office staff
Watari
Temporary support staff
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki staff
Yamamoto
Yamamoto staff manager
TagajoHealth promotion staff
Ishinomaki
Ishinomaki staff
Minamisanriku Minamisanriku staff
SendaiAdministrative staff
Minamisanriku Temporary support staff
Sendai
Temporary support staff
Sendai
Temporary support staff
Shibata
Funaoka Camp Funaoka Self-Defense
Forces member

People
25
25
34
2
125
32
32
103
6
6
112
27
ー
20
20
20
176
ー
23
50
25
66
20
27
63
2
30
15
15
53
40
29
26
70
100
28
ー
30
80
25
30
17
40
47
30
30
40
30
42
40
60
50
20
19
30
6
5
18
70
10
40
43
154
4
50
19
16
60

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3. Human Resource Development(4)1DateTraining Name
4/2～6 FY 2012 MDMHCC New Hire Training

Content
Post-earthquake situation, Miyagi Prefecture’s efforts, Miyagi Heart Care Center, etc.

Municipality
Targets
Sendai
MDMHCC staff

People36

About the progress of support in Miyagi Prefecture and the way of support required in the future
Understanding and care for the Great East Japan Earthquake and PTSD trauma

SendaiSendai

MDMHCC staff
MDMHCC staff

44
38

2
3

5/23 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ①
6/22 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ②

4

7/21,22 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ③

SPR Training

Sendai

MDMHCC staff

27

5

8/24 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ④

Basics of interpersonal assistance and the way teams and collaboration should be—Important
switching between logic and emotions-Sendai

MDMHCC staff

27

6

9/21 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ⑤“Trauma and Resilience”—From Adults to Children, From Individuals to Groups

Sendai

MDMHCC staff

26

7

11/22 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ⑥

Case study meeting

Sendai

MDMHCC staff

29

8

12/21 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ⑦

Support for those who help—Reflecting supervision

Sendai

MDMHCC staff

35

9
10

1/25 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ⑧
2/27 FY 2012 MDMHCC Regular Staff Training ⑨

About manners required for interpersonal assistanceLooking back on the activities of the Miyagi Heart Care Center in 2012—Future prospects
and issues-

SendaiSendai

MDMHCC staff
MDMHCC staff

21
32

About alcoholism and treatment
Acquisition of knowledge and skills on alcohol/drug-related issues

Ishinomaki
Sendai

MDMHCC staff, Public Health Center staff
MDMHCC staff

18
18

11
12

6/19 MDMHCC Ishinomaki Community Center staff training
All year Tohokukai Hospital alcohol-related problems/mental care center staff
training- 20 -

4. Community Resident Support(1) Status by Support Method① -a: Monthly Cases

Home visitation
Walk-in
TelephoneCounseling during group activities
Case conferences
Other

Owing to certain data restrictions, data shown in 1-b and beyond reflect the period from 11/2012
to 3/2013.
1-b: Percentages by Overseeing Division

Home visitation
Community Support Division

Walk-in

Ishinomaki Regional Center
Telephone

Kesennuma Regional Center
Municipal transfer

Counseling during group activities

Other
Case conferences
Other

1-c: Client Gender Ratios
Home visitation
Walk-inFemale
57%

Male
43%

Male

TelephoneCounseling during group activities

FemaleCase conferences (when clients attended)
Other- 21 -

① -d: Cases by Age Group<20 years old
20-30 years old
30-40 years old
40-50 years old
50-60 years old>60 years old
Unknown

Home visitation<20 years old
Walk-in20-30 years old
Telephone
30-40 years oldCounseling during group activities

40-50 years old

Approach via letters, etc.
50-60 years old
Case conferences (when clients attended)>60 years old

During medical examinations

Unknown② Support Cases by Municipality
V=visitation, W=walk-in
V W
Sendai2 9
Shiogama HealthCenter Area
Aoba Ward
1 5
Shiogama
Miyagino Ward 1 4
Rifu
Wakabayashi
0 0Matsushima
Ward
Izumi Ward
0 0Shichigahama
Taihaku Ward 0 0
TagajoSennan Health 3 0
Kurokawa BranchCenterArea
Shiroishi
0 0
Taiwa
Kakuda
3 0
Osato
Zao
0 0
TomiyaShichikashuku 0 0
Ohira
Ogawara00

MurataShibata0000Iwanuma
Branch Area
Natori
Iwanuma

KawasakiMarumori

0000Watari
Yamamoto- 22 -

V
105

W
14

2
0
40

0
2
2

0
63
13

0
10
2

13
0
0
0

2
0
0
0

608

43

463
87

25
16

57
1

1
1

Osaki Health Center
Area
Osaki
Kami
Shikama

V
3

W
0

3
0
0

0
0
0

MisatoWakuyaIshinomaki HealthCenter Area
Ishinomaki
Higashimatsushima
Onagawa
Kesennuma HealthCenter Area
Kesennuma

0
0
482

0
0
133

237
153
92
168

34
47
52
84

160

52

8
0

32
0

0
12

0
1

12
5

1
0

Minamisanriku
Kurihara HealthCenter Area
Kurihara
Tome HealthCenter Area
Tome
Outside theprefecture③ Staff Groups Sent for Visitations
Accompanying other organizations

Center 1 person

Center team

*Situations in which a “center team” was sent to accompany another organization have beencounted as the latter type.

④ Cases by Place of Counseling⑤ Cases by Relationship Between Counselee and Client
Relationships Between Counselees and Clients⑥ Client Details
6-a: Percentages by Counseling Status

Follow-up on other organization

New case

Follow-up on a previous visit- 23 -

6-b: Disaster Survivors’ Current Status (Bereavement)
Otherretive 217
Grandchild 26
Grandparent 33

Unknown 788
Bereaved 2015

Child 96

Not bereaved 798

Friend 166

Sibling 55
Neighbor 214
Parent 109
Spouse 99

6-c: Disaster Survivors’ Current Status (Housing)no damage 70%
Housing
damaged 11%

Completely
destroyed 53%

Unknown
19%
Partly destroyed
5%
Half destroyed
12%6-d: Disaster Survivors’ Current Status (Relocation Caused by the Disaster)
Relocated

Did not relocate

6-e: Disaster Survivors’ Current Status (Disaster Experience)
Experience details (multiple answers)

Did not experience
the disaster 76%

Witnessed the tsunami
Witnessed a dead bodyExperienced
thedisaster 24%

Felt their life was in danger
Unknown- 24 -

6-f: Disaster Survivors’ Current Situation (Effects on their Environment)
Details of the nature of the effect (multiple answers)

Loss of reason to live

Unaffected
27%

Loss of community
Affected
73%

Other

Unknown

6-g: Living Environment and Household Situation

SingleLiving with family
Living with people
other than family
Other
Unknown

6-h: Employment Status by Age Group<20 years old
20-30 years old
Employed or self-employed
30-40 years old

Quit after the disaster andcurrently unemployed

40-50 years old

Unemployed due to the disaster

50-60 years old

Unknown>60 years old
Unknown- 25 -

6-i: Reason for Receiving Counseling (Includes only “New Case” or “Follow-up on Another
Organization’s Case” from “Case Status”)
Counseling/request from client themselves
Counseling/request from family/relative
Counseling/request from neighborCounseling/request from workplace
Picked up via health survey or doorto-door visitations
Request from administrative agency
Request from other health andwelfare-related organization
Other

6-j: Psychiatric Examination Status
Unknown
13%
Onset after
No checkup
Received
checkupdisaster
25%

Diagnosis
given
No specific diagnosis

Unknown

Diagnosis
unknown

Present prior todisaster 62%

6-k: Diagnoses by Onset Time (Primary and Secondary Condition)

F0 Organic, Including Symptomatic, Mental Disorders
F1 Mental and Behavioral Disorders due toPsychoactive Substance Use
F2 Schizophrenia, Schizotypal and Delusional Disorders
F3Mood (Affective) Disorders
F4 Neurotic, Stress-related and Somatoform Disorders
F5Behavioral Syndromes Associated with Physiological Disturbances and Physical Factors
F6Disorders of Adult Personality and Behavior
F7Mental Retardation
F8Disorders of Psychological Development
F9Behavioral and Emotional Disorders with Onset Usually Occurring in Childhood and Adolescence
G4

EpilepsyNo specific diagnosis
Unknown- 26 -

Onset after disaster
Present prior to disaster
Unknown

6-l: Symptoms (General Classification) 5 Most Salient Symptoms
Physical symptoms
Insomnia
Anxiety symptoms
Compulsive symptoms
Depressive symptoms
Manic symptoms
Epilepsy
Other psychological symptoms
Alcoholism
Other symptoms
No symptoms(Physical symptoms)

Cold-like symptoms
MalaiseFatigue
Palpitation
Hypertension
Difficulty breathing
Hyperventilation
Coughing
Limb tremors
Numbness
ChillsDizziness
HeadacheStomach pain
Joint pain
Hip painFrozen shoulder
Constipation
Diarrhea
NauseaVomiting
Frequent urination
Incontinence
Loss of appetite
Overeating
Other- 27 -

(Insomnia)
Difficulty falling asleep
Awakening during the night
Early awakening
Dreamful sleep
Nightmares
Other(Anxiety symptoms)
Anticipatory anxiety
General anxiety
Interpersonal anxiety
Agoraphobia
Specific phobias
Panic
Compulsive anxiety
Startle response
Flashbacks
Other(Compulsive symptoms)
ObsessionCompulsive behavior
Mysophobia
Body dysmorphia
Autodysomophobia
Obsessive rechecking
Washing compulsion
Other(Depressive symptoms)
Depressive mood
Irritability
Guilt
Loss of motivation
Loss of concentration
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Feeling of exhilaration
Irritability
ArousalHyperactivity
TalkativenessHyperbulia
Mixed state
Other(Epilepsy)
Generalized seizures
Focal seizures
Pediatric epilepsy
Convulsions
Impaired consciousness
Other(Other psychological symptoms)
ArousalConfusion
Auditory hallucinations
Visual hallucinations
Other hallucinations
Delusions
Delirium
Other(Alcoholism)
Continuous
drinking
Pathologicaldrunkenness
Other(Other symptoms)
Regression
Suicidal ideation
Anger
Gambling
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(7) Support Status
Refused continued
support 0%

Symptoms have
improved or support no longer
Support con- necessary 29%
Continued
support 61% cluded 36%

Other
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Fukuchi, Naru, publication in the Japan Medical Association book.
Fukuchi, Naru, progress in the study of developmental disorders.

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1110, 2012.

Fukuchi, Naru, “Mental Aftershocks after the Disaster.” AERA with Baby 2012, April Issue. 102–107.
Fukuchi, Naru, “Psychological Aftershocks in Children Caused by the Disaster.” J. Infant Raising Network. Jun 14, 2012. 29–31.
Fukuchi, Naru, “The Mind of a Child: How it Responds to the Disaster.” Sendai Phys. Assc. Miyagino Block, “Considering Symptoms: Your Diagnosis.” March 2012. 5–10.
Fukuchi, Naru, “Rethinking Child Mental Health After the Disaster.” Heart and Mind No. 50
Watanabe, Yuichi, “Considering Disaster Support with the MDMHCC.” Heart and Mind No. 50
Fukuchi, Naru, “Partaking in Support with Clinical Psychologists.” J. Jp. Soc. Cert. Clin. Psyc. Vol. 73, 21(2), 55–56 (2012).
Fukuchi, Naru. “Supporting Child Mental Health After the Disaster.” J. 64th Miyagi Public School Health Association. Oct. 2012, 19–21.
Katayanagi, Mitsuaki. “3.11 Earthquake Disaster Report: On the Path to Recovery.” Monthly “Mental Health Magazine: Mind Energy+.” Feb. 2012.
Watanabe, Yuichi. J. Jap Neuropsyc Clin. Vol. 198, “The Work of the Miyagi Disaster Mental Health Care Center,” contribution.
Watanabe, Yuichi. “3.11 Earthquake Disaster Report: On the Path to Recovery.” Monthly “Mental Health Magazine: Mind Energy+.” Mar. 2012.
Watanabe, Yuichi. Contribution to Activity Record of the Okayama Prefecture Care Team (tentative name).
Fukuchi, Naru, “Supporting Child Mental Health After the Disaster.” Aiiku Net. http://www.aiikunet.jp/practice/personal_example/17660.html
Ainai, Chizuru, “The Great Earthquake and Alcohol Problems: Have You Started Drinking More?” Iwanuma Bulletin. October 2012, No. 835
Fukuchi, Naru, Sendai School Public Health Association.
Kubota, Miyoko, “Outreach Service in Disaster Areas.” Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 46, No. 11, 1402 (2012.10)
Higuchi, Tetsuro, “Survivor Support in the City of Higashimatsushima.” Journal of Ami. No. 63, p 21
Arai, Yuko. “Higashimatsushima, Miyagi.” Medical Corp. Tamago no Kai. PR Magazine “Tamago no Kai.” Vol. 41, p 3
Uchida, Tomoko. “Psychiatric Nursing and Social Work: Psychiatric Nursing in Disaster Areas.” “Nursing Star,” Periodical of the Japanese Association of Psychiatric Nurses. No. 642,
p 13.
Shirasawa, Hidekatsu. “Mind and Body Care Notebook” Understanding What Surrounds the Heart of a Disaster Survivor. Yomiuri Shimbun, 5/11/2012.
Uchida, Tomohiro. “Mind and Body Care Notebook” Depression Countermeasures: “Preventative Awareness” is Critical. Yomiuri Shimbun, 6/8/2012.
Uchida, Tomohiro. “Mind and Body Care Notebook” The Most Appropriate Sleep Times. Yomiuri Shimbun, 9/7/2012.
Uchida, Tomohiro. “Mind and Body Care Notebook” Raising Interest About Mental Health Issues. Yomiuri Shimbun, 11/16/2012
Shirasawa, Hidekatsu, “Mind and Body Care Notebook” Early Counseling for Alcohol Dependency After the Earthquake. Yomiuri Shimbun, 1/11/2013
Uchida, Tomohiro. “Mind and Body Care Notebook” Support for Supporters. Yomiuri Shimbun, 2/22/2013

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Fukuchi, Naru. “Children’s Minds Recover During Play,” monthly “Child Health,” Vol. 15 No. 3, 53–55 (2012).
Fukuchi, Naru. “The Effects of the Disaster on the Child’s Mind,” Journal of the Tokyo Pediatric Association, Vol. 30, 1–4 (2012).
Fukuchi, Naru. “The Great Earthquake Disaster and the Mind of a Child,” Journal of the Japan Pediatric Association, No. 43, 43–47 (2012).
Fukuchi, Naru. “Parenting and the Earthquake Disaster.” Parenting Science, No. 18, 74–78 (2012).
Fukuchi, Naru. “The Effects of the Disaster on the Child-Rearing Environment.” J. Jp. Soc. Prev. Child Abuse and Neglect, “Child Abuse and Neglect,” Vol. 14, No. 1, 14–19 (2012).
Fukuchi, Naru, Asako Murai. “Disaster Support Targeting Children,” Journal of the Japan Hospital/Community Psychiatry Society, “Hospital/Community Psychiatry,” Vol. 55, No. 1,
56–58 (2012).
Matsumoto, Kazunori: Mental Health Care During the Great East Japan Earthquake: From Experiences in Miyagi. The Voice of Treatment, 13(1): 77–84, 2012.
Matsumoto, Kazunori, Atsushi Sakuma, Ikki Ueda: Depression in the Wake of Large-Scale Disasters. Internal Medicine, 110 (6): 1085–1089, 2012.
Matsumoto, Kazunori: Mental Health Care for Disaster Survivors. Journal of the Japanese Medical Association, 141(1): 56–60, 2012.
Takahashi, Yoko: Support for Supporters after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Supporting Individuals that are Survivors and Supporters. Psychiatric Medicine 67: 114-120, 2012.
Takahashi, Yoko: Training Six Months After the Disaster in Kesennuma, Miyagi: An Overview of “Mental Health Care for Nurses After the Disaster.” J. Jp. Psy. Nrs. Assc. 21: 23–27,
2012
Takahashi, Yoko: Issues in Medium-/Long-Term Support After the Great East Japan Earthquake: Nurses in Disaster Areas. J. Jp. Psy. Nrs. Assc. 21: 100–101, 2012.
Takahashi, Yoko, Kazunori Matsumoto. Trauma after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Mental Health Science 165: 50–55, 2012.
Sato, Hirotoshi, Hiroo Matsuoka: Support by the Tohoku University Department of Psychiatry After the Great East Japan Earthquake. Arch. of Psy. Diag. Clin. Eval. 5: 69–76, 2012.

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5. Support for Various Activities (2): Help with Various Training Sessions / Event Co-hosting / Name Sponsorship
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Date
4/1
4/21,22
6/5
6/15
7/21,22
7/25
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Training Name
[Support] Disaster supporters Stress Hot Line
[Co-sponsored] Facilitator education lecture[Support] Earthquake and mental care lecture session in Shiogama[Support] Earthquake and mental care lecture session in Ishinomaki[Co-sponsored] Facilitator education lecture[Co-sponsored] Listening volunteer education lecture[Co-sponsored] The 55th Bar Association Human Rights Convention
Pre-Symposium

Content
Consultation counter for supporters in the Great East Japan Earthquake
Supporting those who lost their loved ones in the earthquake-Facing and supporting griefGeneral knowledge of mental care required in clinical practice
About the situation at the time of the disaster in the Coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture and future
measures-Focusing
on lostthe response
to ones
depressionSupporting those who
their loved
in the earthquake—Facing and supporting grief
Self-care, changes in mind after the earthquake, etc. (4 series)
Suicide prevention measures in the symposium community

Municipality
Targets
Hyogo
All supporters
Sendai
General residents
Shiogama
Psychiatric workers
Ishinomaki
Psychiatric workers
Sendai
General residents
Ishinomaki
Listening volunteer
Sendai
Persons involved in suicide prevention
measures

People89/25[Support] Grief lecture (sponsored by Sendai Grief Care Study Group/ JDGS Project)

5 series training workshops on grief care

Sendai

Victims/bereaved Family Support
Students, etc.

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12/3

[Support] Dr. Pauline Boss Workshop

Lectures on ambiguous loss theory and practices, case studies and supervision

Sendai

Psychiatric/earthquake support
personnel, etc.

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[Co-sponsored] Community psychiatric social work activities after the Training workshops for studying medium- to long-term community psychiatric social work activi- Osaki
2012 disaster training workshops
ties after a disaster and organizing past activities

Municipality/public health nurse incharge of public health nurse

50

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1/23
1/27,3/2[Co-sponsored] Earthquake and mental care lecture session in Sendai[Support] Workshop for dealing with suicide attemptersin the medical field

Mental care after the earthquake—Toward medium- to long-term support
Workshop to appropriately deal with suicide attempters and discuss suicide prevention in theemergency medical field

SendaiSendai

Psychiatric workers
Psychiatric workers

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[Support] Children’s Heart Summit in Sendai

World cafe-style discussion for junior high school students to think about and talk about “Mental
health”

Sendai

Middle-schoolers in Sendai

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