Dew M A, Bromet E J, Schulberg H C, Dunn L O, Parkinson D K
Am J Psychiatry. 1987 Aug;144(8):1074-7. doi: 10.1176/ajp.144.8.1074.
Controversy over potential mental health effects of the Three Mile Island Unit-1 restart led the authors to examine prospectively the pattern of psychiatric symptoms in a sample of Three Mile Island area mothers of young children. Symptom levels after restart were elevated over previous levels; a sizable subcohort of the sample reported relatively serious degrees of postrestart distress. History of diagnosable major depression and generalized anxiety following the Three Mile Island accident, plus symptoms and beliefs about personal risk prior to the restart, best predicted postrestart symptoms.
三里岛1号机组重启对心理健康的潜在影响引发了争议，这使得作者对三里岛地区有幼儿的母亲样本中的精神症状模式进行了前瞻性研究。重启后的症状水平高于之前；样本中有相当一部分人报告了重启后相对严重的痛苦程度。三里岛事故后可诊断的重度抑郁症和广泛性焦虑症病史，以及重启前的症状和对个人风险的信念，最能预测重启后的症状。
