Japan's bad half : the puerile, the irresponsible, the perverted, and the handicapped

[pipokun]

Disclaimer : the comments in this artcile do not apply to the whole Japanese population. Let us call it the "bad half". Each country probably has its bad half. This is how Japan's looks like.

i like it.

[Ma Cherie]

This is a good thread, but what country doesn't have a bad half? I'm glad you pointed out how Japan doesn't seem to acknowledge certain psycological problems that people may have. I'm not saying this because I'm from a shrink nation. But how many therapists are over in Japan? What theories do they have about why some people behave the way they do? Yes, social issues play a role in this, but how often are social issues acknowledge. In all honesty Mac, judging from most of your threads it seems alot of problems are ignored. That's only if they are problems in japanese society. Then I could be wrong.

[Maciamo]

I'm glad you pointed out how Japan doesn't seem to acknowledge certain psycological problems that people may have. I'm not saying this because I'm from a shrink nation. But how many therapists are over in Japan?

I couldn't find comparative statistics, but judging from this website, there are 7.08 per 100,000 people in Japan. It also says :

Attempts by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to introduce a licensing system for clinical psychologists and psychiatric social workers have been unsuccessful. Since the 1920s, the primary treatment for mentally ill patients in Japan has been long-term institutionalization. The Law of Mental Health of 1950 abolished private confinement of mentally ill persons. In 1989, the average length of stay in a Japanese mental hospital was 496 days, 41 times the average length of stay of patients in the U.S. The Mental Health Law of 1988 encouraged community integration, but progress has been slow. The major goal of law in mental health has been to avoid human rights abuses, by a series of periodic reports, requests for discharge, and notification of patients of their legal rights to have their case heard by a patient review board.

However, Japan already has less doctors per person than any other developed country, and even compared to Eastern Europe, according to Nationmaster.

This website has the stats of psychiatrits for some other countries :

USA : 14.1 per 100,000
Canada 12.5 per 100,000
Italy : 9.8 per 100,000
UK : 5.4 per 100,000

This site has similar data :

USA : 14
Canada : 12
Netherlands : 12
Australia 10.6
UK : 4

So only the UK seem to have less psychiatrists per capita than Japan. The UK was also 2nd last after Japan for doctors per capita.

[pipokun]

i like it.

But...
I was a bit sad to hear that you can call patients with the deceases mentioned above as the handicapped in your country, somewhere in Europe.

About the dairy products, I've never heard of your theory except the Meiji part, not Meiji people living now. It'd be great if you tell your wife not to infringe our milk drinking right!

Pachinko,
Really hope you would investigate more about it.