Japan – A New Vision for Mental Health

Renaming schizophrenia: a Japanese perspective

Author: Editorial 12th February 2024 0 Comments

This paper from Mitsumoto Sato has been published by World Psychiatry. The abstract says: “In order to contribute to reduce the stigma related to schizophrenia and to improve clinical practice in the management of the disorder, the Japanese Society of Psychiatry…
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a coherent system

Integration Disorder, Japan, Mitsumoto Sato, psychiatry, schizophrenia, stigma, Vulnerability-stress model, World Psychiatric Association, World Psychiatry

Tied down and locked away: Harrowing tales emerge from Japan’s psychiatric patients

Author: Editorial 24th June 2021 0 Comments

“Japanese psychiatric patients are nearly 270 times as likely to be physically restrained as American patients, 600 times as likely as Australians and 3,200 times as likely as New Zealanders.”A study by Prof. Toshio Hasegawa, as published in the Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences journal This article is by Simon…
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collaborative practice

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Japan, phsyical restraint, psychiatry, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post, Toshio Hasegawa

The Japanese Art Of Forest Bathing

Author: Editorial 8th November 2018 0 Comments

Nina Zietman writes in the UK edition of the Huffington Post : “Cigarettes, junk food, alcohol: we tend to think we’re clued up on the biggest health issues in our society. But stress is increasingly becoming a major health epidemic – one that’s being picked up on … From…
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a wellbeing society

Culture & Society, eco-therapy, Forest Bathing, Huffington Post, Japan, mindfulness, nature-based therapy, Nina Zietman, Rangan Chatterjee, stress, Trees