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New mental health legislation in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tsutomu Sakuta
Tsutomu Sakuta*
Affiliation:
Keio University Hospital, and Deputy Secretary General, International Council of Prison Medical Services, Keio University, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan
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In Japan the Mentally Disordered Persons Supervision and Protection Law (1901) and the Mental Hospital Law (1919) used to be the main laws for mentally disordered people. Subsequently, the Mental Hygiene Law came into force in 1950 but was criticised as it had restrained admitted patients and the provisions for procedures for the release of patients were inadequate. The purpose of the old law was to give medical treatment and custody to mentally disordered persons and to maintain and improve the mental health of the nation. In the revised law, enacted in July 1988, acceleration of social rehabilitation of mentally disordered persons and promotion of their well-being were added.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 9 , September 1991 , pp. 559 - 561
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991
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