Psychiatric management and occupational rehabilitation of psychiatric patients in Japan
Aritsuka, R.
Psychiatrische Praxis 21(3): 109-112
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-4259 PMID: 8052681 Document Number: 438599
The article gives an insight into the psychiatric care system in Japan. Psychiatric hospitals mainly are in private ownership and compared to international standards their situation is characterized by lack of qualified personnel and high number of chronically long-stay patients. Complementary community services are still rare, positive developments have started, however, in vocational rehabilitation and occupation of the mentally ill in community workshops.