How many long-stay schizophrenia patients can be discharged in Japan?

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Oshima, Iwao ^a   Mino, Yoshio ^b   Inomata, Yoshimasa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c Miyagi Prefecture Natori Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community placement; Deinstitutionalization; Long stay patients; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33846134791     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01613.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Rothbard AB, Kuno E. The success of deinstitutionalization: Empirical findings from case studies on state hospital closures. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2000; 23: 329-344.
2. Lamb HR, Weinberger LE. Deinstitutionalization: Promise and Problems. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2001.
3. Thornicroft G, Bebbington P. Deinstitutionalisation: From hospital closure to service development. Br. J. Psychiatry 1989; 155: 739-753.
4. Leff J. The TAPS Project: Evaluating community placement of long-stay psychiatric patients. Br. J. Psychiatry 1993; 162 (Suppl. 19): 4-56.
5. Raimo KRS, Saarinen S. Deinstitutionalization and schizophrenia in Finland. I. Discharged patients and their care. Schizophr. Bull. 1998; 24: 457-467.
6. Haug HJ, Rossler W. Deinstitutionalization of psychiatric patients in central Europe. Eur. Arch. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 1999; 249: 115-122.
7. Oshima I, Ito J, Taira N. Need for an integrated program of case management and psychoeducation in long stay psychiatric patients in Japan. In: Kashima H, Falloon IRH, Mizuno M et al. (eds). Comprehensive Treatment of Schizophrenia: Linking Neurobehavioral Findings to Psychosocial Approaches. Springer, Berlin, 2002; 196-203.
8. Oshima I, Mino Y, Inomata Y. Institutionalisation and schizophrenia in Japan: Social environments and negative symptoms. Nationwide survey of in-patients. Br. J. Psychiatry 2003; 183: 50-56.
9. OECD. Health Data 2000: A Comparative Analysis of 29 OECD Countries. OECD, Paris, 2000.
10. Oshima I, Yoshizumi A, Inazawa K et al. The intention of the community living and the idea of the life style after the discharge expressed by long stay patients: An analysis of a nationwide self-rating survey for long stay schizophrenics in about 40,000 psychiatric beds in Japan. Jpn J. Hosp. Commun. Psychiatry 1996; 38: 558-567 (in Japanese).
11. The Countermeasures Headquarter for Mental Health and Welfare Policies, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Seishin Hoken Fukushi Taisakuhonbu). The Vision for Reform in Mental Health and Welfare Policies in Japan. Department of Health, Welfare, and Labor, Tokyo, 2004.
12. Ministry of Health and Welfare. Patient Survey 1996. Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, 1999 (in Japanese).
13. Zenkaren Health and Welfare Research Institute (ZHWRI). Current Status of People with Severe Mental Illnesses in Japan: An Analysis of Nationwide Statistics. Zenkaren Health and Welfare Institute Monograph No. 26. Zenkaren, Tokyo, 2000 (in Japanese).
14. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R), 3rd edn revised. APA, Washington, DC, 1998.
15. Oshima I, Inomata Y, Toida S et al. Possibility to be discharged of long-stay psychiatric patients and their suitable accommodation need in Japan: Nationwide survey of 40,000 psychiatric beds. Psychiat. Neurol. Jpn 1991; 93: 582-602 (in Japanese).
16. Kuroda K, Toida S, Kawamuro Y et al. Possibility of discharge and need for rehabilitation of psychiatric patients hospitalized for one year or more in Japan: A preliminary report. Committee on Rehabilitation Affairs, Subcommittee of Survey on Rehabilitation Need. Psychiat. Neurol. Jpn 1999; 101: 762-776. (In Japanese.)
17. Fuwano S, Yoshizumi A, Oshima I et al. Japan Extensive Study of Schizophrenia (JESS): A summary of the previous JESS and a primary statistical study of JESS-2000. In: Urata J (ed.). Studies on Clinical Features, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Schizophrenia: Final Report of the National Project Team. NCNP, Tokyo, 2001; 25-31 (in Japanese).
18. Mann SA, Cree W. 'New' long-stay psychiatric patients: A national sample survey of fifteen mental hospitals in England and Wales 1972/3. Psychol. Med. 1976; 6: 603-616.
19. Brown JRWC, Ebringer L, Freedman LS. A survey of a long-stay psychiatric population: Implications for community services. Psychol. Med. 1977; 7: 113-126.
20. Mueser KT, Bond GR, Drake RE et al. Models of Community Care for Severe Mental Illness: A review of research on case management. Schizophr. Bull. 1998; 24: 37-74.
21. Wing JK, Brown GW. Institutionalism and Schizophrenia. Cambridge University Press, London, 1970.
22. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Japan: New Plan for the Disabled. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, 2002.