title: Family violence in Japan--a compilation of data from the Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Hospital.
abstract: In the United States and in most other countries, "family violence" refers to all forms of violence that occur in the family. But in Japan, this term is used to indicate only the violent behavior which a child exhibits toward other family members such as his parents. This form of violence is said to be increasing in Japan, and has recently attracted public attention. But it seems to us that there is no country that pays as much attention to this kind of violent behavior as Japan. We studied the problem of this type of family violence using the data of patients at the psychiatric clinic of Nagoya University Hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honjo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D014754:Violence