I. Far East

Abstract

J. G. DRAGUNS and his associates compare the reported symptomatology of matched samples of Japanese and American psychiatric patients. They de scribe and discuss the differences noted. Y. SAKAMOTO noted in Japanese families a lack of familial insight into the schizophrenic illness of one of its members. He attributed the inability to recognize the illness, especially by the mother, to certain features of Japanese family structure. B. KIMURA claims that anthro pophobias (fear of human contacts resulting in avoidance of them) are more common in Japanese than in Europeans. He describes four types of these phobias and discusses the frequency of their occurrence in Japanese in psycho- cultural terms. D. RHEE of Korea believes that concepts of folk medicine popular in the Far East, shamanism, and especially the philosophy of Taoism and Zen Buddhism are compatible with psychotherapeutic principles and goals.