Abstract
Little is known to most of us about psychiatric problems in the Mongolian People's Republic. DORZHADAMBA describes in his article a few of the characteristics of psychiatric illness observed in this country giving special emphasis to social factors. NISHIMARU, a Japanese psychiatrist doubts whether Western psychotherapeutic principles can be applied to Eastern patients owing to differences in mental climate (Weltanschauung) between the two cultural areas. NAKA and KAWAKITA deal specifically with the role played by religion in the care of the mentally ill in Japan. They also report on a research project concerning mental health problems of children in a district of Osaka City. RIN studied the relevance of loss of parents early in life, of sibling rank and of parental attitudes to the frequency and course of schizophrenia in Chinese families. Analogously, OH investigated the difference of family etiology of mental disorders between Korean patients and American patients using a control group. A survey of the use and non-use of alcohol and of alcoholism in eight countries of the Far and Middle East is presented by CHAFETZ.
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