title: [About mental health outreach services in Japan].
abstract: Outreach services are very important in community mental health care. There are two types for outreach services. One is mental health activities, such as early intervention and consultation, and the other is intended to prevent recurrence and readmission by supporting the daily living activities of a patient in a community. We have 2.73 psychiatric care beds in hospitals per 1,000 population. So, it is just the beginning in changing from hospital centered psychiatry to community mental health care. Outreach services are being tried in several places in our country. In this essay, we describe mental health outreach services in Japan and we have illustrated vocational rehabilitation and outreach job support in our day treatment program.
authors.affiliation: Central Rehabilitation Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital.
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujieda
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D061345:Early Medical Intervention; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D055502:Secondary Prevention