Tohoku Pacific Earthquake: Report 11 on Medical Activities on the ground - Médecins du Monde Japan

[Taking Part in the Ohtsuchi Emotional and Psychological Care Team] I took part in the Care Teams activities just around three months after the disaster. I am from the Kansai region of Japan, where I normally work as a nurse and even now, 16 years after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, I meet people who are still suffering from the burden of that awful experience. Thanks to what was learned in Kobe, we now know that it is important to provide long-term psychological care as well emergency medical treatment after such a huge disaster. Even though I personally have no experience or training in the field of psychiatry, I wanted to help in any way I could, which is why I decided to take part in the volunteer activities.