TY - JOUR AU - Imamura, Kotaro AU - Sekiya, Yuki AU - Asai, Yumi AU - Umeda, Maki AU - Horikoshi, Naoko AU - Yasumura, Seiji AU - Yabe, Hirooki AU - Akiyama, Tsuyoshi AU - Kawakami, Norito PY - 2016 DA - 2016/11/08 TI - The effect of a behavioral activation program on improving mental and physical health complaints associated with radiation stress among mothers in Fukushima: a randomized controlled trial JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1144 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Mothers living with small children in Fukushima prefecture may experience radiation anxiety and related symptoms after the Fukushima Daiā€™ich Nuclear Power Plant Accident. A behavioral activation (BA) program was developed to improve their psychosomatic symptoms. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the effectiveness of a BA program for improving psychological distress and physical symptoms among mothers with preschool children in Fukushima-prefecture 3 years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3819-x DO - 10.1186/s12889-016-3819-x ID - Imamura2016 ER -