Efficacy of a Psychological Recovery Skills Improvement Program for Psychologically Traumatized TBI Patients

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K14214
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 10030:Clinical psychology-related
• Research Institution: Osaka University (2021-2023); Tohoku University (2020)
• Principal Investigator: Yagihashi Mao 大阪大学, 感染症総合教育研究拠点, 特任助教(常勤) (80801927)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 災害 / 心理支援 / 実行可能性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The results of this study are described. First, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia, the Skills for Life Adjustment and Resilience Program (SOLAR), a program originally designed to promote psychological recovery after a disaster, was adapted into a Japanese version specific to the novel coronavirus and implemented in Japan. The program has been implemented in Japan. Next, as an academic-government collaboration, a partnership was formed with Izumiotsu City, Osaka Prefecture, to consider implementing not only head trauma (TBI), but also a project for post-traumatic stress response of the new coronavirus, with a wide range of subjects to be recruited. While increasing the number of intervention cases, we also conducted a scoping review of psychotherapy in a novel coronavirus infection epidemic and presented the results at a conference. The paper has already been submitted for preprint and is currently under review in an journal.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

心理療法は、受け手である市民にとって、アクセスし難いものとなっている。しかしながら、事故、災害や感染症等においては、その社会的ニーズの大きさから、アクセスし易いものでなければ、支援を必要としている市民に届かない。本研究では、そういった災害精神医学の世界的トレンドとニーズを踏まえ、新型コロナウイルス感染症後の心理的回復支援に焦点を合わせ、非専門家でも施行可能な心理支援（The Skills for Life Adjustment and Resilience Program: SOLAR）を我が国にて行った。また、行政と連携し、広く市民から参加者を募り、その心理支援を行った。