Community support system for mentally disabled people: Public health and mental health centers in kanagawa prefecture

1993 ◽  
Vol 1993 (60) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukio Sukegawa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Support System ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Mentally Disabled ◽  
Kanagawa Prefecture ◽  
Mental Health Centers

Psychiatry in Japan's General Hospitals: A Brief Report

1971 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akio Goto ◽  
Yoshiko Ikeda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Front Line ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Outpatient Psychiatry ◽  
Mental Health Facilities

Although the Japanese Society of Neuropsychiatry advocated the development of psychiatric departments in general hospitals as long as thirty years ago, progress has been regrettably slow. While public health centers are legally the front-line mental health facilities in Japan, they have not fulfilled their function and perhaps have even impeded development of psychiatric services in general hospitals. In Tokyo City, only three outpatient psychiatry clinics and no inpatient services are available to 10,000,000 inhabitants in eight general city hospitals. The advantages of psychiatric services in general hospitals are apparent; further progress awaits public enlightenment, increased staff, and political and community support.

Prior Public Health Agency Contacts of Individuals Committing Suicide

1982 ◽  
Vol 50 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1319-1324
Author(s):  
John Fleer ◽  
Richard A. Pasewark
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Public Health Agency ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Previous State ◽  
Mental Health Centers ◽  
State Mental

Of the 998 persons committing suicide in Wyoming during the years 1960–75, 7% had previous state mental hospitalizations, and 4% had been clients at the state's mental health centers and clinics. Findings contrast markedly with previous studies, mainly of English and American urban areas, which suggest that about 20% of suicides have received psychiatric aid within a year of the suicidal act.

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