@article{ref1,
title="Influence on the suicide rate two years after a devastating disaster: A report from the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake",
journal="Psychiatry and the Clinical Neurosciences",
year="2009",
author="Nishio, Akihiro and Akazawa, Kouhei and Shibuya, Futoshi and Abe, Ryo and Nushida, H. and Ueno, Y. and Nishimura, A. and Shioiri, Toshiki",
volume="63",
number="2",
pages="247-250",
abstract="Aims: The relationship between suicide and disaster is an important problem but it's not clear. We conducted this study to determine whether a natural disaster affects suicide rates. Methods: We collected data on suicides during the 84 months before and the 60 months after the earthquake and compared the suicide rate in Kobe to that in Japan as a whole. We also examined what groups were significantly affected. Results: Compared with Japan as a whole, the suicide rates in Kobe significantly decreased in the 2 years after the earthquake. Conclusions: An influence on suicide rate after the disaster clearly appeared in middle-aged men.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1323-1316",
doi="10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01942.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01942.x"
}