{"id":18982,"date":"2016-04-14T19:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T23:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=18982"},"modified":"2016-04-19T19:39:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T23:39:29","slug":"people-in-miyagi-coastal-areas-continue-to-show-higher-levels-of-depressive-tendencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2016\/04\/people-in-miyagi-coastal-areas-continue-to-show-higher-levels-of-depressive-tendencies\/","title":{"rendered":"People in Miyagi coastal areas continue to show higher levels of depressive tendencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Tohoku University\u00a0media release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"first\" class=\"lead\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9425\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/senior_asian_man.jpg\" alt=\"senior_asian_man\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/senior_asian_man.jpg 260w, https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/senior_asian_man-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) has revealed that <strong>in 2014, three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, depressive symptoms continue to be higher in the coastal areas<\/strong> than in the inland areas of Miyagi Prefecture.<\/p>\n<div id=\"text\">\n<p>Since 2011, <strong>about a quarter of the residents on the Pacific coast of Miyagi Prefecture have been suffering from depression<\/strong>. That&#8217;s a slightly higher rate compared to the number of those living in inland areas. These findings are from the third round of announcements from the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Community-Based Cohort Study conducted by ToMMo.<\/p>\n<p>In the current analyses, we found the following results.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The participants living on the Pacific coast have a higher risk of mental health problems such as depression. However, <strong>in fiscal year 2014, the difference in risk levels between the coastal and inland areas decreased slightly compared to fiscal year 2013<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The rate of participants who stopped hypertension treatment in coastal area was higher than those in inland areas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Many participants seemed to start taking sleep medicine<\/strong> as a result of psychological stress and changes in lifestyle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Community-Based Cohort Study was conducted in 21 cities and towns in fiscal year 2013-2014. <strong>The findings are based on answers from questionnaires, and the examinations of blood and urine samples of a total of 24,703 residents<\/strong> (some 7,000 in fiscal year 2013 and 17,000 in fiscal year 2014).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"text\">\n<p>The participating residents were recruited at health checkup sites established by municipalities in Miyagi Prefecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Additional information:<a title=\"http:\/\/www.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp\/english\/timeline\/20160316_01\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp\/english\/timeline\/20160316_01\/\">http:\/\/www.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp\/english\/timeline\/20160316_01\/<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Tohoku University\u00a0media release: Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) has revealed that in 2014, three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, depressive symptoms continue&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2016\/04\/people-in-miyagi-coastal-areas-continue-to-show-higher-levels-of-depressive-tendencies\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[345,60,43,338],"tags":[14,362,62,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19017,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18982\/revisions\/19017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}