A Social Policy and History Studies on Post-War Psychiatric Hospitalization in Japan: From the Point of View of Three Types of Public Expenditure Programs,

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870885
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology; Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
• Principal Investigator: GOTO Motoyuki 国立研究開発法人国立精神・神経医療研究センター, 精神保健研究所 精神保健計画研究部, 流動研究員 (70722396)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 精神病床入院 / 精神医療政策 / ３類型 / 社会防衛型 / 生活保障型 / 治療型

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study reveals new analysis of the historical development of post-war psychiatric hospitalization in Japan by dividing the medical expenditure into 3 types of “public custody”, “public assistance” and “social insurance”.
As a result, contrary to the emphasis of the previous research, what promotes the rapid expansion of the psychiatric hospitalization is not the public security but the demand for the consent (of protect) hospitalization from the families as caregiver that is supported by the medical public assistance program for the poor.

Free Research Field

医療社会学、社会政策、医療政策、精神医療史