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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 125, No. 2
Articles   |   August 01, 1968 
The Law of Private Imprisonment: Fifty Dark Years for the Mentally Ill in Japan
Y. KUMASAKA; S. YOSHIOKA
Am J Psychiatry 1968;125:213-216.
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Research associate, department of psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 128 Fort Washington Ave., New York, N. Y. 10032
Staff psychiatrist, Matsuzawa Mental Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1968-69, American Psychiatric Association
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In Japan from 1900 to 1950 the so-called law of private imprisonment provided for the confinement of the mentally ill in private cells. The authors describe the conditions to which the mentally ill were subjected during this time, with special reference to the political and social origins of the legislation.Abstract Teaser
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