Mental health effects of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor restart

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Am. J. Psychiatry; (United States)

OSTI ID:6205209

Dew, M A; Bromet, E J; Schulberg, H C; Dunn, L O; Parkinson, D K

Controversy over potential mental health effects of the Three Mile Island Unit-1 restart led the authors to examine prospectively the pattern of psychiatric symptoms in a sample of Three Mile Island area mothers of young children. Symptom levels after restart were elevated over previous levels; a sizable subcohort of the sample reported relatively serious degrees of postrestart distress. History of diagnosable major depression and generalized anxiety following the Three Mile Island accident, plus symptoms and beliefs about personal risk prior to the restart, best predicted postrestart symptoms.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA
• OSTI ID: 6205209
• Journal Information: Am. J. Psychiatry; (United States), Vol. 144:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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