Although psychiatric patients are likely to be adversely impacted by disasters, information regarding the processes involved in adverse impacts is limited.In March 2011, Japan experienced an earthquake, tsunami, and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.In its aftermath, Takano Hospital, 22 km south of the power plant, underwent forced

The dynamical fluctuations in the rhythms of biological systems provide valuable information about the underlying functioning of these systems.During the past few decades analysis of cardiac function based on the heart rate variability (HRV; variation in R wave to R wave Bowl Neck Ring intervals) has attracted great attention, resulting in more tha