While it has been pointed out that the implementation rate of physical restraints performed at psychiatric hospitals is much higher than in the United States, the reason is that the number of doctors who correspond to groups created by academic societies is limited. As soon as possible, we decided to ask the country to review it.
The request is made by the "Mental Health Workers' Group Roundtable" formed by 16 related organizations such as the Japan Psychiatry and Neurology Society.
According to the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, the number of patients physically restrained at psychiatric hospitals in Japan was 11,362 as of June 2018, more than doubling in 15 years.
In addition, research groups such as Kyorin University announced last month that the implementation rate per capita was 266 times that of the United States as of 2017.
Regarding the background, in the request form, the number of doctors assigned to psychiatric beds is one-third that of general beds except for university hospitals, and the number of nurses is three-quarters, so there is a shortage of labor. It points out that it is doing.
For this reason, the policy is to request the government to review the staffing and expand the budget required to secure doctors and nurses.
Naoto Kita, Managing Director of the Japan Mental Health Welfare Association, who serves as the representative, said, "In reality, there is a problem that patients have to be physically restrained for fear of falling due to lack of personnel. Compared to general medical care. I want you to correct the situation where you are dealing with a small number of people. "