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Kochi: Recent topics in psychiatry and mental health in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Yoshio Mino  and
Shimpei Inoue
Yoshio Mino
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Kochi Medical School, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783, Japan
Shimpei Inoue
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kochi Medical School
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We intend to discuss recent developments in Japanese psychiatry and matters of major concern, i.e., psychiatric services following the amendment of Japan's Mental Health Law, schizophrenia, dementia and culture-specific problems to Japan.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 8 , August 1991 , pp. 500 - 502
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