Era-related changes in the Japanese cultural and social structure and conformist personality pathology--with a particular emphasis on borderline personality disorder.
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.
Tamai
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Geneva University, Institutions of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
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