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Hindi Commentary, Int J Ment Health Psychiatry Vol: 1 Issue: 1
Catastrophe of Japanese Psychiatric Brainbank
| Keiko Ikemoto1,2,3* |
| 1Department of Psychiatry, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan |
| 2Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan |
| 3Department of Forensic Medicine, Health Bioscience Institute, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan |
| Corresponding author : Keiko Ikemoto Department of Psychiatry, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital Iwaki, Fukushima, 973-8555, Japan Tel : +81-246-267-3151,Fax : +81-246-27-2148 E-mail: ikemoto@iwaki-kyoritsu.iwaki.fukushima.jp |
| Received: April 08, 2015 Accepted: May 13, 2015 Published: May 14, 2015 |
| Citation: Ikemoto K (2015) Catastrophe of Japanese Psychiatric Brainbank. Int J Ment Health Psychiatry 1:1 doi:10.4172/2471-4372.1000102 |
Abstract
In Japan, a national law for autopsy and dead body storage has been applied to manage brain banks, though this law would need some amendment for research use of human materials. Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster, Fukushima Psychiatric Brainbank lacked an autopsy-qualified researcher among them. Some problems which disturbed development of Japanese brain bank are discussed.
