Characteristics of long-term psychiatric patients hospitalized in Tokyo, Japan

• Published in: Archives of psychiatric nursing Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 139 - 146
• Main Authors: Anders, Robert L., Kawano, Masashi, Mori, Chizuru, Kohusho, Hiroko, Iguchi, Satoru, Yoshida, Satoru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-06-1997
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Chronic Disease; Commitment of Mentally Ill - statistics & numerical data; Forensic Psychiatry; Hospitalization; Humans; Inpatients - statistics & numerical data; Japan; Male; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - therapy; Middle Aged; Nursing; Psychiatric Nursing; Urban Health; Japan
• ISSN: 0883-9417; 1532-8228
• DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9417(97)80037-4

This study examined the records of all psychiatric patients hospitalized over 1 year who were committed as a result of a penal code violation at a public sector hospital located in Tokyo, Japan. The 30 patients were all men, Japanese, and primarily unmarried. Affective and organic disorders were totally absent. None of the new antipsychotic medications were used. There was no relationship between nursing diagnosis and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (
DSM-IV) diagnosis. The demands for health care reform are beginning in Japan. Managing the integration of the long-term psychiatric patient into the community is one of the main challenges identified in this study.