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WELCOME TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OKAMOTO

ARE YOU TROUBLED BY ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS?
You want to be friendly, but you avoid others.
You worry that you tend to blush in public.
You worry that your heart will stop beating.
You can't feel at ease without checking and rechecking things.
Recently you cannot work well.

You are afflicted with insomnia.
Noises distract you from your work.
You overly seek medical advice about possible illness.
You suffer from strange sexual ideas.
You are troubled by the gaze of others.
You are worried about your facial expression.
You feel heaviness, pain, or lightness in your head.
You feel oppressed by dizziness.

You feel inferior to others.
You worry about psychogenic diarrhea or constipation.
You worry excessively about dirtiness.
You are worried that you might have done something wrong.
Your body feels vaguely strange.
Your hand trembles when writing something important.
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ARE YOU TROUBLED BY ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS?
Neurosis is divided roughly into three categories, i.e., ordinary neurosis, obsessive-compulsive neurosis, and anxiety neurosis. Here are descriptions of these catagories and psychiatric explanations of the symptoms of neurosis.

NEUROSIS AND ITS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
What types of persons are predisposed to neurosis? A fair knowledge of your personality characteristics will help you judge whether you are susceptible to neurosis or not.

CONCERNING MORITA THERAPY
What is the well-recognized psychotherapy called Morita therapy? Extracts from the books written by Dr. Shoma Morita who founded Morita Therapy deal with the psychogenesis of neurosis, its substance, and the basic therapeutic principles.

EXPERIENCES OF SUCCESS WITH MORITA THERAPY
Here are success stories by patients with gastrointestinal neurosis, headache/insomnia, anthropophobia, ereuthophobia, anxiety neurosis, and others helped by Morita Therapy.

THE SOCIETY FOR MORITA THERAPY AND ITS SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
This Society acts to promote scientific studies of Morita therapy in psychiatry and to publish bulletins dealing with reports of studies on Morita therapy, case studies, its activities, etc., in order to contribute to the spread of Morita therapy and the studies related to it.

CURRENT INFORMATION
This is a spot for quickly providing the newest information on topics related to Morita therapy. Timely information will be presented about upcoming television programs and public seminars.

LINK PAGES FOR MORITA THERAPY
Here you can link to other home pages for information on Morita therapy or the medical facilities which carry out Morita therapy. Pages link to the Society for Morita Therapy and other medical facilities in the respective areas which form the core of medical study.

THE MENTAL HEALTH OKAMOTO FOUNDATION, INC.
What is the Mental Health Okamoto Foundation? Here is an introduction to the Foundation sponsoring and managing this home page. Its activities, its library, and information on seminars, overseas activities, and other topics are described.

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR USERS
This is a space which invites users' opinions or requests related to the contents of this home page. Please don't hesitate to send us your opinion or request of by mail.


For further inquiries or comments about neurosis and Morita therapy please contact us at the following e-mail address:
info@mental-health.org

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