title: Era-related changes in the Japanese cultural and social structure and conformist personality pathology--with a particular emphasis on borderline personality disorder.
abstract: We discussed relationship between the change of social structure and the specific conformist personality pathology, that is, Morita shinkeishitsu and borderline personality disorder. Morita shinkeishitsu that has been regarded as a basic pathology of broad range of neurosis is seldom seen in daily practice these days. On the other hand, borderline personality disorder that is a relatively new diagnostic domain is regarded as having a contemporary pathology, for example impulsivity, drug and sex abuse, and fragile interpersonal relationship. We consider that Morita shinkeshitsu corresponds to an industrialized society and that borderline personality disorder corresponds to a post industrialized (information based) society. This assumption should be leaded to the further discussion from a point of view of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Geneva University, Institutions of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamai
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification; D011590:Psychology, Industrial; D011599:Psychopathology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012925:Social Conformity; D012931:Social Environment