Plausibly Exogenous [720] - PTSD (01/08/2022)

LHS Variable
Risk of PTSD

RHS Variable
Community social cohesion

Source of Exogenous Variation
On March 11, 2011, the eastern part of Japan was struck by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and an ensuing tsunami. An estimated 18,500 people lost their lives in the disaster, and approximately 345,000 people were displaced because of damage to or loss of housing

- Hikichi, Aida, Tsuboya, Kondo, and Kawachi (2016), “Can Community Social Cohesion Prevent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Aftermath of a Disaster? A Natural Experiment From the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami”