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Differences between British and Japanese perspectives on forensic mental health systems: A preliminary study
Akihiro Shiina, Division of Medical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Aika Tomoto, Yoshito Igarashi, Division of Law and Psychiatry, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Soichiro Omiya, Social Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
Aiko Sato, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Masaomi Iyo, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Author contributions: All the authors contributed to the manuscript.
Supported by The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan from a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, entitled “Tagai-koui wo sita seishin-shougai-sha no shakai-fukki-katei no kokusai-hikaku to iryou-keizai-teki-bunseki (International comparison of the process of rehabilitation and medical economic analysis of mentally disordered offenders)”.
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Correspondence to: Akihiro Shiina, MD, PhD, Division of Medical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Inohana 1-8-1, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. olreia@yahoo.co.jp
Telephone: +81-43-2227171
Received: July 9, 2016
Peer-review started: July 14, 2016
First decision: September 12, 2016
Revised: October 2, 2016
Accepted: November 21, 2016
Article in press: November 22, 2016
Published online: March 22, 2017
Processing time: 253 Days and 8.7 Hours
Peer-review started: July 14, 2016
First decision: September 12, 2016
Revised: October 2, 2016
Accepted: November 21, 2016
Article in press: November 22, 2016
Published online: March 22, 2017
Processing time: 253 Days and 8.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Several differences regarding the policy and perspective in forensic mental health have found between British and Japanese forensic psychiatrists; psychopathy is deemed as a mental illness in the United Kingdom, but not in Japan; British forensic psychiatrists considered to be responsible for ensuring public safety, whereas Japanese do not think so.