Eizaburo Tanaka

TL;DR: Severely traumatized adolescent survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake may suffer from psychological symptoms even 6 years after the disaster, and long-term psychological support will be needed for these individuals.

TL;DR: It is indicated that trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy is feasible for treating traumatized children of an Asian population and the assessment of social functioning supported the effectiveness of the program.

TL;DR: Future psychosocial support plans for disaster survivors may need to include both mental and physical care in the transition from the acute phase to the recovery phase to facilitate supportive interpersonal relationships for survivors during the mid-term recovery phase and provide long-term psychological support to the most traumatised survivors.

TL;DR: TF-CBT in the Japanese context proved identical to the original, demonstrating that it is also suitable for use with children and adolescents in non-Western settings, and provided preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of TF-C BT for treating youth with trauma in community mental health facilities.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional study was conducted with recruitment from a community-based rehabilitation programme and poor urban communities in Muntinlupa in 2018, which aimed to investigate the quality of life (QOL) and mental health status of PWUD, compare them with a comparison group with no history of drug use, and identify factors associated with QOL among Filipino PWUD.