カテゴリー「society, psychology, philosophy」
Title: Psychology of the disease image in liquidators of the Chernobyl accident with psychosomatic disorders: The concept, phenomenology, characteristics of formation and correction
Author: Vishnevskaya, Valentina Petrovna
Reference: Minsk, 2004
Keywords: liquidators, psychosomatic pathology, phenomenology, characteristics of the formation, safety in emergencies
Abstract: development and validation of image of disease concept in liquidators of the Chernobyl accident with psychosomatic pathology, including the justification of its phenomenology, characteristics of the formation and targeted correction.
URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/psikhologiya-obraza-bolezni-u-uchastnikov-likvidatsii-posledstvii-avarii-na-chernobylskoi-ae
Title: Construction and maintenance of physical education classes according to seasonal changes in the physical condition among junior pupils living in areas with high background radiation
Author: Bondarenko, Alla Yevgenyevna
Reference: Gomel, 1999
Keywords: physical education classes, seasonal changes, physical condition, children, background radiation
Abstract: The aim of the study was to improve the structure and content of training sessions of physical education classes in junior secondary schools in rural areas with adverse environmental conditions.
URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/postroenie-i-soderzhanie-urokov-fizicheskoi-kultury-v-zavisimosti-ot-sezonnykh-izmenenii-fiz
Title: The role of radiation factor in the formation of neuropsychiatric disorders in children born to families of Chernobyl accident liquidators and the rationale for the tactics of diagnostic and therapeutic-preventive measures
Author: Zotova, Svetlana Arkadyevna
Reference: Moscow, 2007
Keywords: pediatrics, neuropsychic health, children, therapeutic- rehabilitative services, nervous system
Abstract: Research aim: to determine the role of radiation effects on parents – the Chernobyl accident liquidators, in the formation of neuropsychiatric disorders in their children; to develop the principles of therapeutic- rehabilitative activities based on a comprehensive analysis of clinical-functional and cytogenetic examination results and family psychological testing.
URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/rol-radiatsionnogo-faktora-v-formirovanii-nervno-psikhicheskikh-narushenii-u-detei-rodivshik
Title: Unclaimed Fukushima psychological and neuropsychiatric lessons of Chernobyl
Author: Loganovsky K.N., Loganovskaya T.K.
Reference: State Institution “Research Center for Radiation Medicine of NAMS (National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine) “, Kiev, Ukr.Med. Chasopis, 2 (82) – III / IV 2011
Keywords: Fukushima, psychological lessons, neuropsychiatric lessons, Chernobyl
Abstract: The Japanese earthquake March 11, 2011 and subsequent tsunami and series of accidents at nuclear power plants were an exceptional challenge to the Japanese technology and the mentality of the nation. Prior to Fukushima, a level 7 event (the maximum classification) was earned only by the Chernobyl disaster. Was the Chernobyl and international experience counted and used regarding the mental health of victims in case of Fukushima?
URL:http://www.umj.com.ua/article/11295/nevostrebovannye-fukusimoj-psixologicheskie-i-nejropsixiatricheskie-uroki-chernobylya?pdf
Title: Psychological status of liquidators in the period long time after completion of emergency operations in the ChNPP zone
Author: Matveeva N.P., Kaplan M.A., Belehov V.V.
Reference: Radiation and Risk (Bulletin of the National Radiation and Epidemiological Registry) Year: 1999 Issue: 11
Keywords: liquidators, psychological status
Abstract: Presented are results of investigation into the psychological status of 1986-1987 emergency workers (EWs) with somatic diseases in the period long after completion of emergency operations in the ChNPP zone. Comparative analysis is performed of the psychological status of EWs and persons not involved in emergency operations at ChNPP whose professional activity is connected with ionizing radiation. To estimate the psychological status of EWs the multifactor method of personal identification (MMPI) was used as well as Ch.D.Spielberger questionnaire for assessment of the personality level and reactive alert and the Lusherx27;s test.
URL:http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/psihologicheskiy-status-likvidatorov-v-otdalennyy-period-posle-okonchaniya-rabot-v-zone-chaes
Title: Analysis of the results of cytogenetic studies of people living in radioactively contaminated areas after the Chernobyl accident
Author: Mikhailova, Galina Fyodorovna
Reference: Obninsk, 2007
Keywords: radiobiology, cytogenetic studies, radioactive contamination, chromosomal aberrations, chronic low-intensity radiation, somatic cells
Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the patterns of the effects of chronic low-intensity radiation on the genetic structure of the somatic cells of people living in areas with different density of radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl accident.
URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/analiz-rezultatov-tsitogeneticheskikh-issledovanii-naseleniya-prozhivayushchego-na-radioakti
Author: Marchenko, Tatyana
Reference: St. Petersburg, 2005
Keywords: medical-psychological rehabilitation, population, remote period, social protection
Abstract: Objective: to study and develop concepts, principles and techniques of medical and psychological rehabilitation and social protection of the population affected by the large-scale radiation accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in the remote period.
URL:http://tekhnosfera.com/mediko-psihologicheskaya-reabilitatsiya-naseleniya-postradavshego-v-krupnomasshtabnyh-radiatsionnyh-katastrofah-v-otdalen
Title: A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF HEALTH EFFECTS IN EUROPE– TWO DECADES AFTER CHERNOBYL
Author: Seidel C., Maringer F.J., Bossew P
Reference: Proceedings series, Mar 2008, 260 p, IAEA, Vienna (Austria), International conference on Chernobyl: Looking back to go forward, Vienna (Austria), 6-7 Sep 2005
Keywords: Chernobyl, environmental contamination, radioactivity, radiation activity, radiation exposure, health consequences, cancer
Abstract: This report sums up radioactive environmental contamination due to the Chernobyl accident in 1986 in various regions all over Europe (Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Sweden, Austria and Greece). Most of the radionuclides released with the reactor accident possess short-lives (e.g. 131I) of a few hours or several days and weeks or were deposed in low quantities (e.g. 90Sr). So the main focus was put on 137Cs, because this radionuclide has a long half-life (30 a), is measurable till this day and gives a presentable view of radiation exposure in contaminated regions. The decrease of 137Cs activity concentrations in soil, surface water, foodstuffs and air was shown in the course of time. The comparison of radioactive environmental contamination shows, that the 137Cs-activity concentration in nearly all media has decreased faster than the physical half-life. Part of this elaboration was also to describe the contribution of the reactor accident to the radiation exposure of selected population groups in the last 20 years. The second part of the report follows a valuation of European studies, which are linked to late health effects of the Chernobyl accident specially thyroid cancer, leukemia and other solid tumors. These studies has been discussed and evaluated. Only in countries with the highest impact like Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, an increased number of infant thyroid cancer has been observed but up to now no increases in leukemia or malignant deceases in this or other European countries can be detected
URL: http://www.colloquium.fr/06IRPA/CDROM/docs/P-040.pdf
Author: Igumnov S.A., Drozdovitch V.V.
Reference: International Journal of Radiation Medicine. — 2004. — Vol. 6, № 1–4. — P. 108–115.
Keywords: contaminated areas, slightly contaminated areas, neuropsychiatry and psychological examinations
Abstract: Ten years follow-up investigation of intellectual development of 250 persons from Belarus exposed in utero following the Chernobyl accident and a control group of 250 persons from non- and slightly contaminated regions has been conducted. Neuropsychiatry and psychological examinations were performed among persons of both groups at the age of 6-7, 10-12,and 15-16 years. Mean antenatal internal dose to thyroid arising from the intake of 131I among persons of exposed group is 390±550 mGy (maximal dose – 4100 mGy),in control group – 35±65 mGy. Mean antenatal external dose among persons of exposed group is 10±13 mGy,maximal dose – 91 mGy. At the age of 6-7 years the persons in the exposed group had a mean Full Scale IQ lower than the control group (89.6±10.2 vs 92.1±10.5,p=0.007). At the age of 10-12 years there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (94.3±10.4 vs 95.8±10.9,p=0.117).
Positive dynamics of intellectual development in persons of both groups has been observed up to age of 15-16 years (98.7±10.2 è 99.5±10.5,p=0.171). No statistically significant correlation was found in exposed group between individual thyroid dose as well as individual antenatal external dose and IQ at the different ages. In both groups we notice a positive moderate correlation between IQ of persons and the educational level of their parents. We conclude that probably a significant role in the genesis of borderline intellectual functioning and emotional disorders in the exposed group of persons was played by unfavorable social-psychological and social-cultural factors. (full text in English and Russian available on web)
URL: http://www.mns.gov.ua/files/rm/PDF/6_16.pdf
Author: Igumnov S., Drozdovitch V.
Reference: Eur. Psychiatry. — 2000. — Vol. 15. № 4. — P. 244–253.
Keywords: thyroid dose, IQ, mental and behavioural disorders
Abstract: The study examined psychological development in 250 children at the age of 6-7 and 10-12 years who had been exposed in the prenatal period at the time of the Chernobyl accident in 1986. These children were compared to a control group of 250 children of the same age from non- and slightly contaminated areas of Belarus. The examination included psychiatric examination and intellectual assessment as well as the estimation of thyroid exposure in utero. The mean value of thyroid doses from (131)I 0.39 Gy was estimated for the prenatal exposed children. The children of the exposed group had a lower mean full-scale IQ compared to the control group (89.6 +/- 10.2 vs 92.1 +/- 10.5 at the age of 6-7 years, P = 0.007; and 94. 3 +/- 10.4 vs 95.8 +/- 10.9 at the age of 10-12 years, P = 0.117). Average IQ for the subgroup of highly exposed children (thyroid doses more than 1 Gy) was lower in comparison with average IQ for the whole exposed group (85.7 +/- 6.4 vs 89.6 +/- 10.2 at the age of 6-7 years, P = 0.014; 89.1 +/- 7.1 vs 94.3 +/- 10.4 at age 10-12 years, P = 0.003). No statistically significant distinctions in average IQ were found between the different subgroups of children in relation to the gestational age at the time of the Chernobyl accident. We notice a positive moderate correlation between IQ of children and the educational level of their parents (in exposed group – mothers: r = 0.50, P < 0.01 and fathers: r = 0.52, P < 0.01; in control group – mothers: r = 0.41, P < 0.05 and fathers: r = 0.42, P < 0.05). There was a moderate correlation between high personal anxiety in parents and emotional disorders in children (for mothers r = 0.38, P < 0.05; for fathers r = 0.43, P < 0.01). The relative risk of mental and behavioural disorders has been estimated for emotional disorders OR = 2.67, P < 0.001. The frequency of the formation of mental retardation, hyperkinetic disorders and other mental and behavioural disorders in children from both groups was approximately the same. We conclude that in the genesis of borderline intellectual functioning and emotional disorders in the exposed group of children a significant role was probably played by unfavourable social-psychological and sociocultural factors such as a low educational level of the parents, the break of microsocial contacts and difficulties adapting, which appeared following the evacuation and relocation from the contaminated areas.
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10951608
