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2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Comprehensive studies about mental health among international students at Japanese universities

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 15K01650
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Applied health science
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Sakagami Yu  京都大学, 環境安全保健機構, 准教授 (50437290)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 足立 浩祥  大阪大学, キャンパスライフ健康支援センター, 准教授 (00303785)
酒井 崇  名古屋大学, 国際機構, 特任講師 (70761675)
Research Collaborator Takeuchi Jiro  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywords社会医学 / 臨床精神医学 / 国際高等教育 / 渡航医学 / ヘルスコミュニケーション / 大学保健 / 精神保健
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have implemented a multi-institutional joint research about the mental health among international students at Kyoto University, Osaka University, and Nagoya University. We analyzed the characteristics of mental health and the mechanism of the onset about mental illnesses among international students. We revealed that the severe cases can be classified into two categories, acute psychosis with a persecution and hikikomori with depression, and that there are great differences in both psychological pathology and descriptive epidemiological characteristics between two categories. In addition, we studied the stigma against mental illnesses and the differences of mental health between adolescents and young adults in international students. We reported the detail of the results of our studies at academic journals and presented it at academic conferences.

Free Research Field

社会医学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国際高等教育におけるグローバリゼーションは急速に進行している。しかし我が国においては、留学生のメンタルヘルスに関する、多施設共同研究や質的・量的研究を含む包括的研究はなされていなかった。本研究では、留学生のメンタルヘルスに関する、多施設共同研究を実施し、記述疫学的特徴、予後不良群(死亡例や退学例)の危険因子解析、スティグマに関する解析、支援の在り方、受療行動等、網羅的に分析を行った。留学生の支援に関する統合的かつ具体的な提案を、学術活動やアウトリーチ活動を通じて積極的に行った。

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Published: 2020-03-30  

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