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The Gomel region is one of the areas that was most severely affected by the Chernobyl nuclear diaster in 1986. In the studied population sample 64\u00b78% had a GHQ-score above the threshold of 2. A DSM-III-R psychiatric disorder was present in 35\u00b78%, with especially high rates for affective (16\u00b75%) and anxiety disorders (12\u00b76%). Dysthymia, general anxiety disorder, adjustment disorders and \u2018not otherwise specified syndromes\u2019 made up almost two-thirds of the observed morbidity (22\u00b79%). A higher prevalence of mental health problems, both in terms of the GHQ and the DSM-III-R was observed among people who have been evacuated and in mothers with children under 18 years of age. These data indicate that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster may be partly responsible for the high prevalence of (milder) psychiatric disorders and psychological distress in the Gomel region, even 6 years after the event. 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