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A Comparative Study of Psychiatric Services in Japan and England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Yoshio Mino ,
Ryosei Kodera  and
Paul Bebbington
Yoshio Mino
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Kochi Medical School, Japan
Ryosei Kodera
Affiliation:
Kochi Prefectural Motoyama Health Centre, Japan
Paul Bebbington*
Affiliation:
MRC Social and Community Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
∗Correspondence
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Psychiatric services in Japan and England are compared using government statistics. In Japan, the number of in-patients per 100 000 population has increased from the 1950s, while that of England has decreased since 1954. Since 1972 the prevalence of in-patients has been higher in Japan than in England. The admission rate is lower in Japan than in England, and there are more long-stay patients. Most Japanese in-patients are admitted compulsorily, whereas most are admitted voluntarily in England. The attendance at out-patient clinics is higher in Japan than in England, but there are far fewer day-hospital places in Japan. Differing government policies are the main reason for these differences.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 416 - 420
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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