Elderly depression in a Japanese leprosarium
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- NISHIDA Masaki
- National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen
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- NAKAMURA Yukari
- National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen Major in Gerontology, Obirin University Graduate School of International Studies
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- AOSAKI Noboru
- National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen
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- Other Title
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- 高齢化の進むハンセン病療養施設におけるうつ病の臨床的特徴について
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Abstract
This report described the distribution of the patients who had been treated by psychiatrist in the National Tamazenshouen Sanatorium, a major leprosarium in Japan. We also investigated the characteristics of patients who had suffered a depressive episode during the last 5 years. Somatic symptoms were the predominant symptoms and were not limited to clinical signs unique to leprosy. The period of isolation was not significantly correlated with the geriatric depression scale. Forty-two residents had committed suicide since the leprosarium was established in 1909. The findings of this study emphasize the importance of psychosocial intervention to the residents.
Journal
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- JAPANESE JOURNAL OF LEPROSY
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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF LEPROSY 76 (1), 3-9, 2007
Japanese Leprosy Association
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- CRID
- 1390282681300359552
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- NII Article ID
- 10018506930
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- NII Book ID
- AN10559906
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- ISSN
- 1884314X
- 13423681
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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