Clozapine, a simple anti-cancer drug, promotes deaths at other hospitals

Clozapine, a simple anti-cancer drug, promotes deaths in other hospitals: Promoting the transfer of intractable psychiatric patients to the community Mental problems cannot be solved by taking medi . . . 本文を読む

Isolation is not a treatment. Psychiatric care in Japan

2024/08/26 [We trusted the doctor and believed he would do his best to treat us] Parents file lawsuit seeking 57 million yen in damages; Man choked to death on bread in psychiatric hospital; hospitali . . . 本文を読む

Psychiatric hospitals are seeing an increase in dementia patients

Psychiatric hospitals are seeing an increase in dementia patients （認知症が増え、統合失調症の入院患者が減少している理由2024年07月09日 より引用） The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's medical system reform includes a reduc . . . 本文を読む

Is a criminal a disease? Is a disease a crime?

Is a criminal a disease? Is a disease a crime? Japanese medical care treats the elderly and hospitalized patients as criminals November 21, 2023 | The world's most confusing psychiatric medical care . . . 本文を読む

It's not that they "don't realize they're ill" but rather that they "are not ill"

It's not that they "don't realize they're ill" but rather that they "are not ill" In fiscal year 2024, part of the Mental Health and Welfare Act was revised. The reality of psychiatric care in Japan . . . 本文を読む

The collapse of Japan's universal health insurance

The collapse of universal health insurance: the time will come when out-of-pocket medical expenses will be 50% Social insurance taxes continue to increase. First, let's look at social insurance taxe . . . 本文を読む

The most important thing in psychiatric nursing is "love,"

The most important thing in psychiatric nursing is "love," which you cannot understand unless you know Christianity. People who have been abandoned by their parents, treated as a nuisance by society, . . . 本文を読む

Psychiatric care in Japan violates the Nuremberg Code

Psychiatric care that "forces behavioral restrictions" despite "just correcting" is a violation of the Nuremberg Code When I worked in clinical psychiatric care, patients who were admitted (whether v . . . 本文を読む

People don't get sick from stress.

Humans do not get sick from stress. Stress is not bad for life, it's how we think that is the problem. The number of psychiatric hospitals in 2021 is 1,053, down 6 from the 1,059 in the 2020 Ministry . . . 本文を読む

The purpose of locks on closed wards: To prevent escapes, not to protect patients

If you go to a psychiatric hospital for an internship, you may end up in a closed ward. When you do, you are always told "the meaning of the key" and "the meaning of locking." "The closed ward is lo . . . 本文を読む

The Reischauer Affair allowed allowed the Japanese Red Cross Society to make huge profits.

Blood transfusions are a common practice in surgery and emergency care. In the past, Utsumi Satoshi and Funase Shunsuke published a book called "The Darkness of Blood" in which they argued that blo . . . 本文を読む

continued use of psychotropic drugs causes the brain to atrophy and lead to dementia.

Drug therapy in psychiatric care is about "sedation". In psychiatry and MSE (Mental State Examination), the reasons why people become violent or angry are - "delusions" that make them feel ridiculed . . . 本文を読む

promoting discrimination against people with mental disabilities is the Nisseikyo

Why discrimination against people with mental disorders in Japan does not disappear Currently, possible reasons include ① Medical Association's participation in politics and expansion of its influen . . . 本文を読む

Mental Health and Welfare Centers have a dual role with Public Health Centers.

Mental Health and Welfare Centers have a dual role with Public Health Centers.   （精神保健福祉センターと保健所による2重行政を翻訳　https://blog.goo.ne.jp/ikemenmassan/e/a4f84f96b50b30e141b86cb724334249） In a word, th . . . 本文を読む

No need for psychiatric hospitals 2024

Mental problems cannot be solved by a psychiatrist. On March 14, 2024, news broke that a Star Wars actor was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. ～～～～～～～～～～～～ (reprinted below) Star Wars Anaki . . . 本文を読む