title: [The role of the psychiatrist under different cultural conditions. A comparison between Germany and Japan].
abstract: The psychiatrist's role and its preconditions in Japan and Germany are described. Proceedings from different cultural, historical and psychological conditions, it is shown that, in a similar technological environment, substantially more traditional ideas and means of therapy have been preserved in Japan than in Germany. Similar biographical experiences of patient and doctor in Japan create an a priori basis of understanding, which facilitates the start of therapy. Cultural consistency and group cohesion and their influence on psychotherapy and mutual dependency of doctor and patient are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D005860:Germany, West; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012922:Social Change; D012924:Social Conditions
vernacular_title: Die Rolle des Psychiaters unter verschiedenen Kulturbedingungen. Ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und Japan.