Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2012/04 -2016/03
Author : YAMAMOTO Teruyuki, MACHINO Saku, IGARASHI Yoshito, KOJIMOTO Miwa, SHIROSHITA Yuji, YAMANAKA Yuri, KAWAMOTO Tetsuro, TSUJI Keisuke, HIRANO Miki, MIZUTOME Masaru, YASUDA Takuto, MARUYAMA Masao, KONISHI Takako, HASHIZUME Sachiyo, YOSHINAKA Nobuto
The Medical Treatment and Supervision Act (MTSA) in Japan effective since 2005 does not solve all the problems to treat psychiatric patients who commit heavy crimes such as murder or arson, rape. For instance, in Japan, the mentally retarded, the developmental disordered, and persons with dementia who committed crimes and need special attention or care are treated not in the specialized hospitals under the MTSA but in the prisons in the ordinary discipline. However, some countries have the multidisciplinary system in cooperation with criminal justice and welfare for the mentally ill and (forensic) psychiatry to treat such persons. We compare the several systems in other countries and to conclude that we can learn the system from the Netherlands in many ways.