Clinical Practice And Research Activities For Early Psychiatric Intervention At Japanese Leading Centers

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry
Also Included In: Mental Health
Article Date: 09 Feb 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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The study describes the clinical characteristics, methods and activities of early intervention services in Japan.

Psychiatric services in Japan remain predominately hospital-based, involving huge numbers of psychiatric beds and long-term stays. The total number of inpatient beds in Japan is high at 2.9 per 1000 people, compared to 0.9 in the United Kingdom and 0.5 in the United States.

Despite difficult circumstances, the authors indicate how Japanese psychiatry services are continuing a transition from hospital-based to community-based psychiatry and highlight successful attempts at promoting early psychiatric intervention.

"Clinical practice and research activities for early psychiatric intervention at Japanese leading centers"
Masafumi - Mizuno, Michio Suzuki, Kazunori Matsumoto, Masaaki Murakami, Kiyoaki Takeshi, Tetsuo Miyakoshi, Fumiaki Ito, Ryoko Yamazawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takahiro Nemoto and Masayoshi Kurachi
Early Intervention in Psychiatry. DOI 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2008.00104.x
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