A facility that has provided mental care for about 14 years to people affected by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami is set to finish its services at the end of this month.
The Miyagi Disaster Mental Health Care Center, located in Sendai, part of the areas afflicted by the disaster, had offered consultations for about 63,000 cases by early this month. After its closure, local governments in the prefecture will provide the services.
The center was opened by the Miyagi Prefectural Government in December 2011, and its regional bases were launched in the Miyagi Prefecture cities of Ishinomaki and Kesennuma in April 2012. At one point, a total of as many as about 50 psychiatrists, mental health social workers and others provided support to affected victims at the three facilities.
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