Haruka Sakurai (pseudonym) who was diagnosed with a developmental disorder and was forced to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital (photographed by a reporter)
I would like to further convey the deep darkness of Japanese psychiatry that was revealed from the earnest voices of the parties, which might not be included in the series.
Outrageous treatment received from local government officials
As mentioned from various angles during the series, many long-term compulsory hospitalizations to psychiatric hospitals, which the person himself does not want, are still being carried out. Still, if you don’t even get close to these hospitals, you may feel that you won’t have that kind of grief.
But unfortunately that is not the case. If you have at least one family member or relative who wants to admit a person to a psychiatric hospital, one morning suddenly strong men may come up to your home and be forced to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital.On the contrary, due to the speculation of the local government, such a situation may occur.
The men belong to a “private transportation company”.
“I never dreamed that I would be separated from my child and taken to a psychiatric hospital just by accepting the fact that the city staff said,’Let’s talk by car’ and’I’m just talking.’ did”
Haruka Sakurai (a pseudonym), a woman in her thirties who lives in Ibaraki Prefecture, says she still feels unbelievable regarding the treatment she experienced when she was in her twenties.
Sakurai gave birth to her eldest son in 2016 without being married and became a single mother. Immediately following her birth, the child guidance center temporarily protected her eldest son ex officio. This was a request from the city. The city told her that her room was small with 6 tatami mats because her Sakurai continued her work in her late pregnancy, no baby bath was available, and so on. It seemed that he did not have the ability to raise children.
Naturally, Mr. Sakurai was not convinced by the city’s request for temporary protection, and there were several questions and answers in the city hall and at her home. After a long exchange with her, her eldest son returned to her at the dawn of the following year, Shogatsu Sangan 2017.
However, the peaceful days of the parents and children who finally visited did not last for a month.