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Community care systems for the mentally ill in Japan: Can we switch hospital‐based care to community based one?
Author(s) -
INOUE SHIMPEI
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb03267.x
Subject(s) - mentally ill , community hospital , hospital care , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , mental illness , health care , economic growth , mental health , economics
Many Western countries have tried to reduce the number of psychiatric beds by providing effective rehabilitation and care in the community. Many Far East countries have had many fewer psychiatric beds than they have in Japan. Community care in these countries seems to complement the shortage of beds. Compared with other countries, Japan is unique in that they try to develop community care for the mentally ill without a deinstitutionalization policy.