カテゴリー「society, psychology, philosophy」
Title: The psychological development of children from Belarus exposed in the prenatal period to radiation from the Chernobyl atomic power plant
Author: Kolominsky Y, Igumnov S, Drozdovitch V.
Reference: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1999 Feb;40(2):299-305.
doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00444
Keywords: Emotional disorder, specific learning disabilities, prenatal, radiation, social factors, education
Abstract: This study examined psychological development in 138 children at the age of 6-7 and 10-11 years, who had suffered prenatal radiation exposure at the time of the Chernobyl accident in 1986. These children were compared to a control group of 122 children of the same age from noncontaminated areas of Belarus. The examination included neurological and psychiatric examination, intellectual assessment, and clinical psychological investigation of parents as well as the estimation of thyroid exposure in utero. The exposed group manifested a relative increase in psychological impairment compared with the control group, with increased prevalence in cases of specific developmental speech-language disorders (18.1% vs. 8.2% at 6-7 years; 10.1% vs. 3.3% at 10-11 years) and emotional disorders (20.3% vs. 7.4% at 6-7 years; 18.1 vs. 7.4% at 10-11 years). The mean IQ of the exposed group was lower than that of the control group, and there were more cases of borderline IQ (IQ = 70-79) (15.9% vs. 5.7% at 6-7 years; and 10.1% vs. 3.3% at 10-11 years). The mean value of thyroid doses from 131I 0.4 Gy was estimated for children exposed in utero. No correlation was found between individual thyroid doses and IQ at age 6-7 years or 10-11 years. We notice a positive moderate correlation between IQ of children and the educational level of their parents. There was a moderate correlation between high personal anxiety in parents and emotional disorders in children. We conclude that a significant role in the genesis of borderline intellectual functioning, specific developmental disorders of speech, language and scholastic skills, as well as emotional disorders in the exposed group of children was played by unfavourable social-psychological and social-cultural factors such as a low educational level of parents, the break of microsocial contacts, and adaptational difficulties, which appear following the evacuation and relocation from the contaminated areas.
URL:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1469-7610.00444/abstract;jsessionid=C471A830E8A31F0CA0296DFA675419F3.d01t02
Title: The psychological well-being of Norwegian adolescents exposed in utero to radiation from the Chernobyl accident
Author: Kristin S Heiervang, Sarnoff Mednick, Kjetil Sundet and Bjørn R Rund
Reference: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2011, 5:12
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-5-12
Keywords: Psychiatry, Mental Health, adolescents, Norway
Abstract: On 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered an accident. Several areas of central Norway were heavily affected by far field radioactive fallout. The present study focuses on the psychological well-being of adolescents who were exposed to this radiation as fetuses.
URL:http://www.capmh.com/content/5/1/12
Author: O.K. Napreenko, K.M. Loganovsky, N.Yu. Petrina
Reference: ВСВ «Медицина» , 2011
Abstract: No info on web.
Ukrainian title: Екологічна психіатрія
Author: A.K. Napreenko, K.N. Loganovsky
Reference: Поліграфкнига (Polygraph book), 1997
URL: http://medlib.org.ua/catalog.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=15&sobi2Id=16928
Redactor: A.M. Serdyuk, V.G. Bebeshko, D.A. Bazyka
Reference: Тернопіль: ТДМУ «Укрмедкнига» (Ternopil State Medical University), 2011
Abstract: A book redacted by some of the leading Ukrainian experts. For details please contact the Ternopil State Medical University. University’s homepage: http://www.tdmu.edu.te.ua/eng/general/index.php
Ukrainian title: Медичні наслідки Чорнобильської катастрофи 1986–2011
Author: K.N. Loganovsky, S.A. Chumak, M.A. Bomko
Reference: Экстренная медицина (Emergency Medicine), 2012
Keywords: neuropsychiatric disorders, rehabilitation, society
Abstract: Based on the analysis and synthesis of the results of our prospective study of neuropsychiatric disorders in victims of the Chernobyl disaster, we developed a model of mental health and approaches to psycho-rehabilitation in the structure of preparedness for radiological emergencies. The mental health of the victims should be the focus of public attention regarding possible radiation accidents or radiological terrorist attacks in the future.
URL: http://www.recipe.by/izdaniya/periodika/medicina/archiv/em_02_2012/nauchnye_publikacii/1340100518.html
Author: K.N. Loganovsky, A.N. Kovalenko, N.V. Denisyuk
Reference: Кровообіг та гемостаз (Circulation and hemostasis), 2010
Keywords:
Abstract: Angioneurological features of chronic cerebrovascular disease, in the remote period after total body irradiation in the dose range 0,025-4,7 Sv, are confirmed. As model target, a left internal carotid artery is adopted. Etiological heterogeneity changes of cerebral hemodynamics, in the remote period after irradiation, is confirmed, at which the role of radiation, among traditional risk factors (age, somatic diseases, smoking, alcohol abuse), is shown in doses exceeding 0.3 Sv.
URL: http://library.zsmu.edu.ua/CGI/irbis64r_91_opac/cgiirbis_64.exe?LNG=&C21COM=S&I21DBN=ZSMUL&P21DBN=ZSMUL&S21FMT=infow_wh&S21ALL=(%3C.%3EA%3D%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9,%20%D0%9A.%20%D0%9D.$%3C.%3E)&Z21ID=&S21SRW=TIPVID&S21SRD=DOWN&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21CNR=20
Title: Risk factors for long-term mental and psychosomatic distress in Latvian Chernobyl liquidators
Author: J F Viel, E Curbakova, B Dzerve, M Eglite, T Zvagule, and C Vincent
Reference: Environ Health Perspect. 1997 December; 105(Suppl 6): 1539–1544.
Keywords: Risk factors, mental distress, psychosomatic disorders, Latvia, liquidators
Abstract: Epidemiologic studies on the health effects of the Chernobyl disaster have focused largely on physical health, whereas the psychological consequences have received little attention. The authors have assessed the associations of various exposure variables with mental and psychosomatic distress in a sample of 1412 Latvian liquidators drawn from the State Latvian Chernobyl Clean-up Workers Registry.
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1469928/
Title: Health effects in a casual sample of immigrants to Israel from areas contaminated by the Chernobyl explosion
Author: E A Kordysh, J R Goldsmith, M R Quastel, S Poljak, L Merkin, R Cohen, and R Gorodischer
Reference: Environ Health Perspect. 1995 October; 103(10): 936–941.
Keywords: Health effects, immigrants (from Chernobyl-affected areas), Israel
Abstract: We analyzed questionnaire and physician examination data for 1560 new immigrants from the former USSR divided into three groups by potential exposure to Chernobyl radiation. Two groups were chosen according to soil contamination by cesium-137 at former residences, as confirmed by our findings in a 137Cs body burden study. The third group consisted of “liquidators,” persons who worked at the Chernobyl site after the disaster. Liquidators had greater self-reported incidences of symptoms commonly accepted as acute effects of radiation exposure, increases in prevalence of hypertension, and more health complaints. Excesses of bronchial asthma and health complaints were reported in children from the more exposed communities. Asthma prevalence in children potentially exposed in utero appears to be increased eightfold. Older adults from more exposed areas had more hypertension as assessed by history and measurements. These findings suggest the possible association of radiation exposure with several nonmalignant effects.
URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1519167/
