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Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica

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Since 1902, in Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica, the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN) has published numerous papers reporting unique clinical experiences and research findings about psychiatric care in Japan. To make this invaluable information, originally published in the Japanese, available to international readers, the JSPN has launched a project to translate selected papers into English.
Some examples of the papers are below.

*Volume 122(2020) No. 8 P573-584 Masatsugu ORUI, et al.
Trend in the Suicide Rate Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: An Eight-year Follow-up Study in Miyagi Prefecture.
 

*Volume 124(2022) No. 2 P91-108 Susumu OHMAE
Past history and Future Perspectives of the Traditional Japanese Depressive Disease Concept: From Mild Endogenous Depression to Major Depressive Disorder.
 

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Volume 122(2020) No. 1
・ Characteristic EEG Waveform, Tri-HNC, in Cefepime-induced Encephalopathy 
Due to Excitatory/inhibitory Imbalance PDF
・A Cat That Became a Turning Point for Natsume Sōseki: Focus on How to Live with Neurasthenia and Persecutory InsanityPDF
・I am Just a Body: Project Itoh as a Cancer Patient and His CreativityPDF
・Kyohei Sakaguchi: Creation as SalutogenesisPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 2
・Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Revisited: Toward the Comprehensive Treatment of PNES in JapanPDF
・Criminal Responsibility of Offenders with Psychiatric Disorders: Recent Trends in Japanese Court DecisionsPDF
・Investigating the Verdicts of Mass Murder Cases in Which the Prosecutors Sought the Death Penalty and Criminal Responsibility Became the Focus: The Change of Psychiatric Evaluations and Criminal Responsibility Judgements in Serious CasesPDF
・Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) on Brain Development and Implications for Parenting SupportPDF
・"Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD)" in a Psychological Treatment Facility for Children: A New Evaluation of Children's BehaviorsPDF
・Support for Parents at Child Consultation Center: To Avoid Isolation from Their Living CommunityPDF
・Trauma-Informed Care in Psychiatric PracticePDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 3
・The Medical Use of Cannabis in Denmark - Considering the Medical Use of CannabisPDF
・Bipolar Disorder and AggressionPDF
・Improvement of Resilience and Support for Continuation of Work: Bipolar Disorder: Improvement of Resilience and Continuation of WorkPDF
・The Pros and Cons of Antidepressant Use for Bipolar DisorderPDF
・Insufficient Amounts or Usage of Mood Stabilizers or Atypical AntipsychoticsPDF
・Inappropriate Responses from Others Can Worsen Prognosis in Patients with Bipolar Disorder: Opinions of Support Group ParticipantsPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 4
・Effect of individualized occupational therapy on rehospitalization of patients with schizophrenia: A two-year prospective cohort studyPDF
・Longer Length of Stay in Psychiatric Care Beds Paid for by Public Assistance:  Analysis of "the Statistical Survey of Mentally Disordered Inpatients in 1956"PDF
・Intervention for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Patients with Autism Spectrum TraitPDF
・Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders Associated with Neurodevelopmental DisordersPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 5
・Three Perspectives to Understand Mental Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: Attachment, Child Abuse, and Neurodevelopmental DisordersPDF
・The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Japanese Substance Use Disorder Patients: Verification of the Model Mediated by Distrustfulness, Sense of Rejection, and Sense of CoherencePDF
・Mental Health Care Activities in the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi EarthquakePDF
・Activities of DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) in Okayama Prefecture after the Western Japan Heavy RainsPDF
・Provision of Aid and its Acceptance in the Acute Phase and during Mid- and Long-term Recovery Period of Natural Disaster: Through the Experience of Great East Japan EarthquakePDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 6
・Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy in the Elderly in PsychiatryPDF
・Treatment-resistant Schizophrenia, Clozapine, and Glutamate HypothesisPDF
・Treatment Strategy for Refractory Symptoms: For Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of DementiaPDF
・Possibility of Neuromodulation for Treatment-resistant DepressionPDF
・Pharmacological Therapy for Patients with Treatment-resistant Bipolar DisorderPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 7
・Reading Ishizuka's article, "For Psychiatric Care that Talks about 'Heredity' in Inheritance and Diversity" - supplementing from the standpoint of patients and familiesPDF
・Psychotherapy for the Elderly: Its Problems and MethodPDF
・A Psychotherapeutic Approach Appropriate for Older Adults: Supporting a Way of Life not Opposed to Living, Aging, Suffering, and DyingPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 8
・Visualization of Neural Circuits and Molecules in Neuropsychiatric DisordersPDF
・Trend in the Suicide Rate Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: An Eight-year Follow-up Study in Miyagi PrefecturePDF
・The Importance of Confidentiality Protection for Recovering from Drug AddictionPDF
・The Roles and Problems of the Narcotics Addict Reporting SystemPDF
・Stigma Makes Psychiatrists Report Their Patients to the Police: Advocacy of the Rights of People Who Use DrugsPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 9
・Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E)PDF
・Analysis of Consultation Records at Hikikomori (Social withdrawal) Regional Support Center in Gifu Prefecture: What Kind of Hikikomori Consulted for Support Center?PDF
・Assessment of the Psychiatric System of W. Griesinger Rethinking Contemporary PsychiatryPDF
・How Do We Define a Disease in Psychiatry? - Kurt Schneider’s Clinical PsychopathologyPDF
・Tellenbach Comprehensively Explained the Premorbid Personality, Pathogenic Situation, and Symptom Formation of Patients with DepressionPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 10
・Interim Report on Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital (Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital)PDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 11
・Increased Brain Gyrification in the Schizophrenia SpectrumPDF
・What Physicians Need to Understand about a Conflict of InterestPDF
・Mental Competency of KleptomaniaPDF
・What Psychotherapy Training Gave UsPDF
・How to Learn Psychotherapy: Individuality and the Specific ProgramPDF
・Psychiatry to Bridge Human, Mind, and Brain: Beyond Time and Current MattersPDF

Volume 122(2020) No. 12
・Medical Care Provision System for Psychiatric Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Infection Prevention Measures in Kanagawa Psychiatric Center (Japan)PDF
・Legal and Research Aspects of Physical Restraint in PsychiatryPDF
・Physical Restraint in Psychiatry: Human Rights ConsiderationsPDF
・Physical Restraint in Yamanashi Prefectural Kita HospitalPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 1
・Change in Psychiatric Evaluation after Enforcement of the Saiban-in (Citizen-judge) SystemPDF
・Why the Japanese Lay Judge System should be abolishedPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 2
・Can the Examination Interval during Clozapine Administration be Extended?: Discussion of Experience in Temporarily Extending the Examination Interval under the Declaration of Emergency to Prevent the Spread of the Novel CoronavirusPDF
・Understanding Depression in Workplace and Collaboration between Psychiatrists and Occupational PhysiciansPDF
・Corporation with the Workplace that Take Four Levels of Care into ConsiderationPDF
・Points to Prevent the Recurrence of Depression in Returned WorkersPDF
・Role of Occupational Physicians in Preventing the Recurrence of Depression at the Workplace: Psychiatrist Working as an Occupational PhysicianPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 3
・The First Trial of an Integrated One-stop Center for Young People in Japan, SODA: From the Psychiatric Early Intervention toward the Early Consultation and Support in the CommunityPDF
・Plan of Suicide PreventionPDF
・Cooperating Psychiatric Hospitals/Clinics and Administrative Organs for Suicide AttemptersPDF
・Development of the Suicide Prevention Plan of Noda Village: Community Improvement in order to Support the Life of Those Related to Each OtherPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 4
・Performance of Medical Psychiatry Units at Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital and the Challenges They FacePDF
・From "Supported Decision Making" to "Desire Formation Support"PDF
・Housing First as a Human Right: Advocacy as the Basis for Shared Decision MakingPDF
・Shared Decision Making" from the Perspective of Patients and their Families: Wisdom and Ingenuity for Mutual UnderstandingPDF
・What Does It Mean to Respect the Rights and Intentions of Patients in Psychiatric Practice?: Findings from the Development Study of the Computer System "SHARE"PDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 5
・Bipolar Disorder and Light ExposurePDF
・Decision-Making Support of Medical Choice for People with DementiaPDF
・Intervention for Improving Communicative Abilities in Patients with Dementia: Language Dysfunctions and Better CommunicationPDF
・An Approach on the Correspondence between Moving and the Walking Ability of the Elderly with Dementia, Fall Prevention, and Physical Restriction ReductionPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 6
・Auditory steady-state response at 20 Hz and 40 Hz in young typically developing
children and children with autism spectrum disorder PDF
・Case Report in Forensic PsychiatryPDF
・A Questionnaire Survey on Biopsychosocial Factors of Convicted Child Maltreatment Cases: Validity, Safety, and Ethical ConsiderationsPDF
・Difficulty in Obtaining Consent in a Case Report or Research: Lawyer's ViewpointPDF
・Significance of Case Reports for Patients: Investigation from the Standpoint of the Patient and Their Family Including Cases for Which Consent was Difficult to ObtainPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 7
・Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with anxiety disorders in secondary-care settings: A randomized controlled trialPDF
・Adverse Childhood Experiences, Lifetime Trauma Exposure, and PTSD in Psychiatric Clinics of Japan: A Cross-sectional StudyPDF
・The Characteristics and Predictors of Subjective and Objective Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep ApneaPDF
・Management of Hypersomnia in Mood DisordersPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 8
・Pineal volume reduction in patients with mild cognitive impairment transitioning to Alzheimer's diseasePDF
・Setting Treatment Goals for Alcohol Use Disorder According to the New Guideline for Substance Use DisordersPDF
・Dealing with Alcohol-dependent Patients with Low Motivation for AbstinencePDF
・Simulation of the Treatment and Treatment Goal for Alcohol Dependence Comorbid with DepressionPDF
・Memorandum of AlcoholismPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 9
・A Literature Review on Co-morbid Autism Spectrum Disorder and Substance Use DisorderPDF
・What is Schizophrenia?: From the Viewpoint of PsychopathologyPDF
・Psychiatry as a Technology of Empathy: A Perspective from Medical AnthropologyPDF
・To what Degree Has Biological Psychiatry Realized Kraepelin's Dream?: Rhetoric of Species and TypesPDF
・What is Schizophrenia?PDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 10
・Longitudinal Evaluation of Visual P300 in a Group at High Risk for Psychosis: An Event-Related Potential StudyPDF
・The Role of Psychiatrists in the Prevention of Child Abuse: The Practice of Perinatal Mental Care ClinicPDF
・The Role of a Pediatrician in Supporting the Measures to Prevent Fetal and Child Abuse in a FamilyPDF
・Prevention of Child Abuse at a Children's Hospital by Multiple Medical Departments and Services: Support for Mental Stability in Child RaisingPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 11
・Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinical, Educational, and Research Activities of University Psychiatry Departments: Results of Two Surveys during the First and the Second Waves in the Japanese Association of University Psychiatry Department DirectorsPDF
・The Characteristics of Multiple Reporting of Cases based on Article 23 of the Mental Health and Welfare Act in Kawasaki City and the Needs for Community Life SupportPDF
・Current State of Mental Health of Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Direction of SupportPDF
・Mental Health of Caregivers and Psychological/Emotional Development of their ChildrenPDF
・Cognitive Behavior Therapy Approach for Perinatal Mental HealthPDF
・Supporting Parenting Skills During Early Childhood in Parents with Parenting DifficultiesPDF
・Current and Future Animal Modeling of SchizophreniaPDF

Volume 123(2021) No. 12
・An Analysis of Supply and Demand for Psychiatrists and Their Maldistribution among Secondary Medical Areas in Japan: Time-based Analysis Based on Japanese Official Statistics from 2000 to 2018PDF
・All We are Saying is Give the Endogenous Depression Concept a Chance: Its Utility is Indispensable for TreatmentPDF
・Endogenous Depression from the Standpoint of Understanding (Verstehen) PsychopathologyPDF
・How DSM Changed Depression Research in Japan: Focusing on the Japanese PsychopathologyPDF
・How Can We Validate Melancholia (Endogenous Depression)?PDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 1
・Clozapine Use in Japan Based on National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups Open Data: Disparities by Region, Age, and SexPDF
・A Hearing Survey on the Prevalence of Telemedicine: Understanding the Current Situation and Analyzing IssuesPDF
・The Importance of Parenting Support in Child Psychiatry Outpatient Care: Actual Practice in Aiiku Clinic, Maternal and Child Health CenterPDF
・Multi-professional Mental Health Care during the Perinatal Period CollaborationPDF
・Neuroimaging-based Brain-age Estimation and Exploration of Imaging Biomarkers for EpilepsyPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 2
・Age-related White Matter Structural Changes Revealed by Whole-brain Fiber Tracking Method in Patients with Bipolar Disorder, Depression, and Healthy ControlsPDF
・Association between Paralytic Ileus and Medication Including Psychotropics and Laxatives among Patients with SchizophreniaPDF
・Past History and Future Perspectives of the Traditional Japanese Depressive Disease Concept: From Mild Endogenous Depression to Major Depressive DisorderPDF
・Clinical Landscape of Telepsychiatry in Japan: A Psychiatric Case Report from the "Shadow Side" toward the Creative Development of Telepsychiatry in JapanPDF
・Perspectives of Telemedicine and Online Healthcare ServicesPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 3
・Fact-finding Survey on Stress before and after the Onset of Musician's Dystonia in Japanese Professional PerformersPDF
・Current Status and Prospects of Psychiatric, Mental Health, and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Local and Wide-Ranging Natural DisastersPDF
・Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Formulation Steps and Business Continuity Management (BCM) for a University Hospital in Japan that Experienced the Great East Japan EarthquakePDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 4
・A Report on the General Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology in KanazawaPDF
・Revolution of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology after the Kanazawa CongressPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 5
・Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Municipal Psychiatry HospitalsPDF
・Basic Knowledge of Suicide among Children and AdolescentsPDF
・Suicide Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Perspectives from Emergency Medicine and Case Management InterventionsPDF
・Suicide Prevention Programs for School CommunitiesPDF
・Prevention of Suicide Reattempts among Children and Adolescents: Consideration based on the Risk and Protective FactorsPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 6
・"High Level of Understanding" in Karl Jaspers and the Therapeutic Perspective: Discussion to the Article「The Basic Problems of the Psychopathology: Consideration on the Concept of "Understanding" in Karl Jaspers」by Takeshi UtsumiPDF
・Pure Psychiatry: Returning to Traditional PsychiatryPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 7
・New Ethical Guidelines for Psychiatric Research Involving Human SubjectsPDF
・Response to the New Ethical Guidelines at National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry: Focusing on the Case of the Mental Illness RegistryPDF
・Practice and Research Ethics of Multicenter Collaboration Research in the Field of PsychiatryPDF
・Concerns and Expectations of Patients and Families about Psychiatric Research in the Context of Revised Ethical GuidelinesPDF
・Reconsidering the Basics of Research Ethics and Human Resource Development in the Context of Revised Ethical GuidelinesPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 8
・Three-year Prognosis of Abstinence in Outpatients with Substance Use Disorder after First Visit: Examining the Influence Factors Associated with Duration of Abstinence by Substance of Abuse: Alcohol, Illicit Drugs, and Prescription and Over-the-counter MedicationsPDF
・Reconsideration from a Modern Psychiatric Viewpoint of the Kampo Medicine Practice of Kinkei NAKAGAMI (中神琴渓)PDF
・Kampo Medicine in the Field of PsychiatryPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 9
・Anorexia Nervosa of Female Patients in a Medical Prison: First Report: Classification into Characteristic GroupsPDF
・Tojisha-Kenkyu and Co-production of ResearchPDF
・Treating Empirical Knowledge on an Equal Footing with Expert Knowledge: Co-Producing Research on Involuntary Admission with Psychiatrists and Service UsersPDF
・Psychiatry as a Technology of Subjectivity: A Perspective from Medical AnthropologyPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 10
・The Brain as an Energy-integrated Organ: The Relationship between Brain Tissue Structure and SchizophreniaPDF
・Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Addiction and the Reginal Recovery-supporting System from Addiction in JapanPDF
・Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Schizophrenia: Focusing on "Jumping to Conclusions"PDF
・Rehabilitation for Instrumental Activity of Daily Living in Community-dwelling Older Adults with DementiaPDF
・Based on Occupation, Preventative Care Woven into the CommunityPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 11
・Schizophrenia and Self-StigmaPDF
・Self-stigma in the Context of DementiaPDF
・The Reality and towards Effective Intervention for Reducing Self-stigma in Patients with EpilepsyPDF
・Self-stigma among People with Gambling ProblemsPDF
・40 Years of History as a PsychiatristPDF

Volume 124(2022) No. 12
・Community Support Needs Assessment after a Major Disaster: Insights from the Activities of the Miyagi Disaster Mental Health Care CenterPDF
・Overview of the Development of Guidelines of Treatment and Support Network and Non-specialist Treatment Programs for Eating DisordersPDF
・Development of "Guideline for Collaboration among Psychiatric Institutions for the Treatment of Eating Disorders"PDF
・Development of Instant Guide to the Initial Management of Anorexia NervosaPDF
・Development of an Internet Guided Self-help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iGSH-CBT) for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder in Japanese Clinical SettingsPDF

Volume 125(2023) No. 1
・The Life and Suffering of Mieko Kamiya: As a Truth-seeker and as a WomanPDF
・Treatment and Accommodation in Society for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Focused on Adult CasesPDF
・A Longitudinal Study on Psychosomatic Stress Reactions: Possible Roles of Lifestyle and Sleep in ResiliencePDF
・Psychiatric Medical Care and Emotional LaborPDF
・Problem Awareness and Activities of the Sagamihara City Disabled Facility Murder Case Special Committee of the Japanese Society of Social PsychiatryPDF
・Emotional Labor and Trauma in Psychiatric Care: Ring Shaped Island ModelPDF

Volume 125(2023) No. 2
・The Relationship between Employment Status and Job Description of Certified Public Psychologists in Medical Settings in Japan: Toward Expansion of Nationwide Psychological SupportPDF
・Introduction of the Japan Academic Association of Psycho-analytical Psychiatry (JAAPP)PDF・Psychoanalytical Psychiatry in the Field of Liaison PsychiatryPDF
・Imaging Study for the Effect of Psychoanalytic PsychotherapyPDF

Volume 125(2023) No. 3
・Predictors of Employment Acquisition and Duration among People with Mental Illness Participating in Individual Placement and Support Programs in JapanPDF
・Tasks for Municipalities and Prefectures in Charge of Building Community-based Integrated Care Systems for People with Mental Health ProblemsPDF
・A Future "Comprehensive Community Care System with a Scope to Include People with Mental Disorders": From the Standpoint of a Private Psychiatric HospitalPDF
・Future Community-based Integrated Care Systems for Mental DisordersPDF
・Promotion of an Inclusive Community for Client Empowerment based on the Life Model ApproachPDF

Volume 125(2023) No. 4
・Schizophrenia and the Cerebellum: Focusing on the Differences of Clinical Stages and SexPDF
・The Role of Psychiatry in the Inclusive SocietyPDF
・Discussion on the Introduction of Practical Advocates in a Psychiatric HospitalPDF

 

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