Progress in Social Psychiatry in Japan

Professor emeritus, Nagasaki University School (May, 2003 - ). Director, Health Management Center Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Casualty Council. Chief, Dejima Shinryosyo. (Dejima Mental Clinic)

​Introduction.- I. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.- 1. Definition and Historical Review of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.- 1-1. Social Psychiatry and the Japanese Society of Social Psychiatry (JSSP).- 1-2. Psychiatric Epidemiology.- 2. The Foundation of Psychiatric Epidemiology Research.- 2-1. Methodological Foundation.- 2-2. Ethics in Study Methods.- 2-3. Subjects of Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry.- II. Findings on Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology in Japan.- 3. Activities of the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center.- 4. Studies on Schizophrenia.- 4-1. Incidence Rates, Prevalence Rates, and Other Statistics.- 4-2. Findings of the WHO Collaborating Center in Nagasaki.- 4-3. Outline of Scales Used in the First Assessment for WHO/DOSMeD.- 4-4. Help-Seeking Patterns and Recognition by Family Members (Key Persons) in New Schizophrenia Cases in DOSMeD/Nagasaki.- 4-5. Subtypes of Schizophrenia.- 4-6. Psychiatric Symptoms of New Schizophrenia Cases in DOSMed/Nagasaki.- 4-7. Life Events and the Development of New Schizophrenia Cases in DOSMed/Nagasaki.- 4-8. Natural History and Outcome (in the Short and Long Term), and Associated Factors of New Schizophrenia Cases in DOSMed/Nagasaki.- 5. Studies on Affective Disorders.- 5-1. WHO World Mental Health Survey in Japan (WHO/WMH-J).- 5-2. Summary of the Study on the Standardized Assessment of Depressive Disorder (SADD).- 6. Studies on Patients with Affective Disorders in General Practice.- 6-1. Studies on Referral Rates in Patients with Depression in the General Health Care Setting.- 6-2. Studies on Medical Care in Patients with Psychological Problems in the General Health Care Setting.- 7. Development from Atomic Bomb Diseases to Survivors’ Mental Health Support: Findings on Disaster Psychiatry.- Appendix Medical Office (Ikyoku).- Epilogue Further Developments in SocialPsychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.