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Revisiting Shimoda's “Shuuchaku-Kishitsu” (Statothymia) : A Japanese View of Manic-Depressive Patients
Author
Source
Depression Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Although the empiric paradigm is now dominant in academic research, in Japan quite a few psychiatric clinicians still take phenomenological-anthropological approaches into consideration, especially when they address manic-depressive illness with typical endogenous features.
This is because Shimoda's concept of “shuuchaku-kishitsu” (statothymia) has been widely accepted, together with other phenomenological views of continental origin.
In the present paper the author first delineates Shimoda's concept which is based on observations of patients' personality features and the characteristics of their emotionality.
He then attempts to refine this concept in spatiotemporal terms, presenting the view that in patients the past self tends to adhere to the present self (the term “shuuchaku” means “adhering to” or “preoccupied with”).
He also considers that patients tend to incorporate “soto” (outer space) into “uchi” (inner space), where they believe that symbiotic relations are preserved.
Finally, he argues the clinical significance of the presented views in the cultural milieu in which Japanese psychiatric practices are situated.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tsuda, Hitoshi. 2011. Revisiting Shimoda's “Shuuchaku-Kishitsu” (Statothymia) : A Japanese View of Manic-Depressive Patients. Depression Research and Treatment،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-453448
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tsuda, Hitoshi. Revisiting Shimoda's “Shuuchaku-Kishitsu” (Statothymia) : A Japanese View of Manic-Depressive Patients. Depression Research and Treatment No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-453448
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tsuda, Hitoshi. Revisiting Shimoda's “Shuuchaku-Kishitsu” (Statothymia) : A Japanese View of Manic-Depressive Patients. Depression Research and Treatment. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-453448
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-453448