Mental Health Care in Japan

Kiyoka Koizumi and Paul HarrisAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 43, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.11.1100

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Long-term institutionalization has been the primary treatment for mentally ill patients in Japan since the early 1920s. The average length of stay in a Japanese mental hospital in 1989 was 496 days, 41 times the average stay of patients in the United States. Although the government has encouraged and supported the integration of mentally ill people in the community and the development of rehabilitation programs since enactment of the Mental Health Law of 1988, implementation of such programs has been slow. The authors summarize the history of mental health care in Japan, discuss the current availability of mental health care facilities and personnel, and recommend changes needed to improve care.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 43 • Number 11 • November 1992

Pages: 1100 - 1103

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Published in print: November 1992

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Kiyoka Koizumi

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Paul Harris

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Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Bedford Avenue and Avenue H, Brooklyn, New York 11210

State University of New York, Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn College of Medicine

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Mental Health Care in Japan

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