National / Social Issues Dec 3, 2020
Schizophrenia patient urges rethink of Japan's mental health policy
Tokio Ito spent more than 40 years in mental hospitals, and has sued the government for continually having been denied release.
How-tos | LIFELINES Apr 16, 2017
Schizophrenia support exists in Japan, but state is wary of stepping in
by Louise George Kittaka
A reader asks, "Is there some system in Japan for the police, ambulance or hospital to take an unwilling schizophrenic patient to hospital?"
World / Crime & Legal Sep 30, 2014
Accused admits to killing, pleads not guilty, in Canada dismemberment trial
A Canadian man accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese student in Montreal in 2012 admitted on Monday to committing the acts he is accused of, but his lawyer said he is schizophrenic and therefore not criminally responsible. Luka Magnotta, 32, admitted to the acts ...
National Oct 11, 2013
Medical experts seek to dial back over-prescription for schizophrenia
by Tomoko Otake
Doctors in Japan have long prescribed a cocktail of several types of drugs to people with mental illnesses, often leading to various side effects. But the practice of over-prescribing is facing a rethink, as evidenced by the recent publication of guidelines on how to reduce ...
World / Science & Health Jun 26, 2013
A mother helps son in his struggle with schizophrenia
by Stephanie Mccrummen
The mother drives her son everywhere because he is not well enough to drive. He sits next to her, and at the red lights she looks over and studies him: how quiet he is, how stiffly he sits, hands in his lap, fingers fidgeting ...