The Japanese Society of Social Psychiatry regarded the murder at a support facility for persons with disabilities in Sagamihara City in July 2016 as a "social psychiatric problem". They organized the Sagamihara City Disabled Facility Murder Case Special Committee and released a statement in June 2017. Furthermore, from September 2020, the Society has reorganized the special committee and the issues related to it are being discussed.
In this paper, we report on the progress of discussions and awareness of the issues of this committee. We also indicate that excessive emotional labor may lead to hypoesthesia of supporters and, in turn, create a breeding ground for discrimination and prejudice against persons with disabilities.
Author's abstract
Problem Awareness and Activities of the Sagamihara City Disabled Facility Murder Case Special Committee of the Japanese Society of Social Psychiatry
Department of Drug Dependence Research National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica
125: 56-62, 2023
https://doi.org/10.57369/pnj.23-007
https://doi.org/10.57369/pnj.23-007
<Keywords:emotional labor, severe behavioral disorders, social psychiatry, eugenic thought>