Foster, R. P., & Branovan, D. I. (2006). Surviving Chernobyl in America: Physical and mental health needs of recent FSU immigrants to the United States. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 4(2), 97-118.

Abstract

This paper fills an informational gap for multidisciplinary providers of services to the former Soviet Union (FSU) immigrants in the United States, highlighting the long-term medical and mental health consequences of this group’s pre-migration exposure to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The international literature is selectively presented together with recent findings of Chernobyl mental health sequelae in a cohort residing in the United States. Guidelines for service providers, as well as Russian language health service resources in US cities populated by significant FSU communities, are also furnished.