Psychosocial effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster ∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19502736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn Barnett (0000-0001-6419-632X, Virgin Care, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-57 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13623690601084591 |
| PMID | 17370858 |
| OpenAlex | W2044686137 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
The psychological factors surrounding the Chernobyl disaster include the sudden trauma of evacuation, long-term effects of being a refugee, disruption of social networks, illness, separation and its effects on families, children's perception and effects on their development and the threat of a long-term consequence with an endless future. Added to this was the breakdown of the Soviet Union with consequent collapse of health services, increasing poverty and malnutrition. These complexities made necessary new individual and social treatment methods developed in UNESCO Community Centres, within which some positives have resulted, such as the development of individual and group self help and the professions of counselling, social work and community development, practices which did not previously exist in the Soviet Union
Development economics · Economic growth · Environmental health · Political science · Poverty · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Refugee · Soviet union · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |