Record 1 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02113-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita-based self-help learning groups in Japan. AUTHOR: Hasegawa,-Yozo FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Seikatsu-no Hakkenkai, Tokyo, Japan SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 Nov; Vol 1(2): 52-57 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Describes the Seikatsu-no Hakkenkai, a Morita-based mental health organization in Japan. The organization's mandate is to set up self-help groups to provide mutual support and promote group learning and mental health. The groups encourage members to accept the reality of feelings and to set out daily goals that they wish to accomplish during the following month. Members benefit from involvement in group learning and shared activities by learning new ways of coping with anxious situations and participating in life more productively and constructively. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita based mental health organization of self help groups, Japan MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Group-Psychotherapy; *Japan-; *Mental-Health-Programs; *Organizations-; *Self-Help-Techniques CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3313-Group-and-Family-Therapy; 3313; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 2 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02081-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita therapy, Mitchell's rest treatment, and Otto Binswanger's geregelte Lebensfuhrung: A methodological comparison. AUTHOR: Rhyner,-Bruno SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 May; Vol 1(1): 6-10 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Questions whether Morita therapy, a Japanese form of psychotherapy devised by S. Morita (1928 [1984]), is based on Western medicine. The methods of Morita therapy are compared with those methods of Western forms of treatment, such as S. W. Mitchell's (1977, 1984) rest therapy and O. Binswanger's (1896) geregelte Lebensfuhrung (regulated living), that Morita studied and used. The Western forms of treatment strove for a goal on the physical level. In contrast, Morita's aim was to cut the vicious circle of psychic interaction within the neurotic patient. Morita therapy is not based on Western medicine; rather, its development was stimulated by Western forms of treatment. Morita therapy reflects a possible influence from Morita's interest in Buddhism, especially in Zen. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy in relation to S. Mitchell's rest therapy and O. Binswanger's regulated living treatment MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Cross-Cultural-Differences; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Psychotherapy- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 3 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02071-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Counseling victims of sexual assault. AUTHOR: Ogawa,-Brian-K. FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: County of Maui Dept of Prosecuting Attorney, Victim/Witness Assistance Unit, HI, USA SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 May; Vol 1(1): 19-25 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Morita therapy provides a direct and practical means to counsel victims of sexual assault and their families. Case examples illustrate how the Moritist principles of acceptance of emotions, constructive action, and clarity of purpose are relevant to victims' needs. These principles help guide the rape victim to cope with the psychological impact of the assault and to live beyond the victimization. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy, sexual assault victims MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Crime-Victims; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Rape- MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Psychotherapy- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 4 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02066-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: On principles of Morita therapy: Excerpts from Shoma Morita collected works: II. . AUTHOR: Morita,-Shoma SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 Nov; Vol 1(2): 85-90 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Presents translated excerpts of S. Morita's (1928 [1974]) collected works. Topics addressed include emotion and knowledge, experiential knowledge and intellectual understanding, creed and judgment, logical errors, nature and artificiality, and purposes and means. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: excerpts of S. Morita's writings on Morita therapy MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Psychotherapy-; *Written-Communication CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 5 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02064-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Excerpts from Shoma Morita collected works: I. . AUTHOR: Morita,-Shoma SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 May; Vol 1(1): 31-33 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Discusses the diagnosis and treatment for shinkeishitsu and describes the principles of the psychotherapy with reference to ideational contradictions and subjectivity and objectivity. (0 ref) ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: excerpts from S. Morita's collected works and diagnosis and treatment of shinkeishitsu MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Psychodiagnosis-; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Psychotherapy- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human SPECIAL FEATURE: References UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 6 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02058-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: The supposed now therapies: Morita as compared to cognitive and Gestalt therapies. AUTHOR: LeVine,-Peggy FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U Puget Sound Counseling Ctr, Tacoma, WA, USA SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 May; Vol 1(1): 11-18 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Explores 3 major therapies: Morita, cognitive, and Gestalt. Each of the therapies works with the present moment in time and does not require intensive analysis. Discussion focuses on how the interrelationship between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, as delineated by each school of therapy, affects the client's relationship to the present moment. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita vs cognitive vs Gestalt therapies MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Cognitive-Therapy; *Gestalt-Therapy; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Psychotherapy- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3311-Cognitive-Therapy; 3311; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 7 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02051-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Current status of Morita therapy research: An overview of research methods, instruments, and results. AUTHOR: Ishiyama,-F.-Ishu FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U British Columbia Faculty of Education, Vancouver, Canada SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 Nov; Vol 1(2): 58-84 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Discusses the theory and practice of Morita therapy (S. Morita, [1928] 1974) and reviews innovative and representative research methods and findings related to Morita therapy. Morita therapy is designed for clients suffering from anxiety-related problems and unproductive mood-governed lifestyles. An overview is presented of anecdotal reports and descriptive case studies, descriptive and qualitative methods for process analysis, follow-up outcome surveys, time series methods, and projective methods. Methodological and instrumentation issues are addressed. A self and anxiety questionnaire is appended. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: methods and research in Morita therapy, literature review MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Experimentation-; *Literature-Review; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human PUBLICATION TYPE: Literature-Review-Research-Review UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 8 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02042-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Shinkeishitsu treatment by Morita therapy in its original form. AUTHOR: Goto,-Kohei FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Tamagawa Hosp, Kawasaki, Japan SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 Nov; Vol 1(2): 37-42 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Describes the effectiveness of Morita therapy (S. Morita, 1974) in the treatment of shinkeishitsu-sho (nervosity). Three categories of nervosity are presented: ordinary, paroxysmal neurosis, and obsessive neurosis. Symptoms of each category and the influence of psychic interaction are discussed. Morita therapy in residential treatment involves bedrest, light work, hard work, and actual life training. Patients undergo occupational therapy and receive persuasive psychotherapy, through which they learn to accept their symptoms as normal. Ss are not allowed to talk about their symptoms, but must accept the more effective thinking and attitudes outlined by the doctor. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy, ordinary and paroxysmal neurosis and obsessive neurosis forms of shinkeishitsu-sho MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Neurosis-; *Obsessive-Compulsive-Neurosis; *Psychotherapy- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 9 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02032-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Practical application of basic Morita concepts in fostering productive living: A trainee's account. AUTHOR: Donahue,-Patricia-A. FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 May; Vol 1(1): 26-30 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Discusses 3 major principles of Morita therapy: (1) that fear and anxiety are natural and potentially useful emotions in the area of action-taking; (2) that behavior is controllable; and (3) that appropriate action-taking leads to building self-confidence. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: application of Morita therapy principles to productive living MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Quality-of-Life CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 10 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991-02015-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita therapy with socially avoidant clients. AUTHOR: Alden,-Lynn-E. FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U British Columbia Clinical Psychology Program, Vancouver, Canada SOURCE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy. 1988 Nov; Vol 1(2): 43-51 JOURNAL TITLE: International-Bulletin-of-Morita-Therapy ISSN: 0847-415X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Presents 4 principles of Morita therapy that can be integrated with existing Western treatments for social avoidance and be useful in restructuring avoidant clients' conceptualizations of their style of relating to the environment. These principles are (1) recognition of the bilateral nature of social anxiety and shyness, (2) acceptance of emotion, (3) recognition of attentional fixation, and (4) constructive action-taking. The reframing and refocusing activities that are central to the Moritist approach to social avoidance can allow avoidant Ss to move beyond habitual patterns and make constructive changes. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: integration of Morita therapy principles with Western treatments, socially avoidant clients MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Psychotherapy-; *Social-Anxiety CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 199101 Record 11 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1989-33804-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita therapy: A treatment of dogmatic self-containment in anxious and nervous clients. AUTHOR: Ishiyama,-F.-Ishu FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada SOURCE: Psychotherapy-Patient. 1988; Vol 4(3-4): 243-262 JOURNAL TITLE: Psychotherapy-Patient ISSN: 0738-6176 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Discusses nervous and anxious clients' tendencies to be rigid and dogmatic in thinking and defensively self-preoccupied in action and experience. These dogmatically self-contained clients get caught in a vicious cycle of excessive self-focusing, aggravation of the symptoms, and unproductive action. Morita intervention aims at reducing clients' dogmatic self-containment and consequent neurotic preoccupations by cognitive-behavioral means and by appealing to the clients' constructive desires. Clients' attention gets refocused from their subjective discomfort and symptom manipulation to the objective environment and constructive action. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy, dogmatic self containment, anxious and nervous clients MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Anxiety-; *Cognitive-Therapy; *Dogmatism-; *Nervousness- MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Client-Characteristics CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3311-Cognitive-Therapy; 3311; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 198910 Record 12 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1990-71842-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita psychotherapy for outpatients with neurosis: Using the conflict analytic technique. AUTHOR: Tamai,-Koh; Tashiro,-Nobutada FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Kyushu U, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan SOURCE: Kyushu-Neuro-psychiatry. 1987; Vol 33(2): 203-214 JOURNAL TITLE: Kyushu-Neuro-psychiatry ISSN: 0023-6144 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1987 LANGUAGE: Japanese ABSTRACT: Discusses use of the conflict-analytic technique to classify 6 male and female adults with neuroses in terms of (1) primary (subjective) vs secondary (objective) conflicts and (2) approach drive for resolving conflict. The principles of Morita therapy (e.g., desire for self-actualization and trait anxiety) are considered in regard to K. Lewin's approach-avoidance conflict model. (English abstract) ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: conflict analysis technique and Morita therapy, neurotic adults MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Conflict-; *Neurosis-; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Psychotherapy- MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Adulthood- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 AGE GROUP: Adulthood POPULATION: Human PUBLICATION TYPE: Empirical-Study UPDATE CODE: 199003 Record 13 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1988-30329-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita therapy, Mitchell's Rest Treatment and Otto Binswanger's "geregelte Lebensfuehrung": A methodological comparison. AUTHOR: Rhyner,-Bruno FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Kyoto U Faculty of Education, Japan SOURCE: Psychologia:-An-International-Journal-of-Psychology-in-the-Orient. 1987 Jun; Vol 30(2): 70-74 JOURNAL TITLE: Psychologia:-An-International-Journal-of-Psychology-in-the-Orient ISSN: 0033-2852 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1987 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Questions the view that Morita therapy, a Japanese form of psychotherapy devised by Morita Shoma in 1919, is based on Western medicine. It is concluded that one should not say that Morita therapy is based on Western medicine but rather that Morita was stimulated by Western forms of treatment, inluding S. W. Mitchell (1877) and O. Binswanger's (1896) neurasthenia treatments, to create his own characteristically Eastern form of therapy. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: methods of Japanese Morita therapy and Western influences by S. Mitchell's and O. Binswanger's neurasthenia treatments MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Japan-; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Psychotherapy- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 198810 Record 14 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1987-57190-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Dissertation-Abstract TITLE: A single-case experimental study of cognitive and therapeutic effects of brief Morita therapy upon socially anxious clients. AUTHOR: Ishiyama,-Fumio-I. FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Victoria U, Toronto, Canada SOURCE: Dissertation-Abstracts-International. 1987 Jan; Vol 47(7-A): 2511-2512 JOURNAL TITLE: Dissertation-Abstracts-International ISSN: 0420-073X PUBLICATION YEAR: 1987 LANGUAGE: English KEY PHRASE: empathy vs brief Morita therapy, cognitive and therapeutic outcomes, socially anxious clients MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Cognitions-; *Cognitive-Therapy; *Empathy-; *Psychotherapeutic-Outcomes; *Social-Anxiety MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Adulthood-; Self-Actualization CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3311-Cognitive-Therapy; 3311; 33 AGE GROUP: Adulthood POPULATION: Human PUBLICATION TYPE: Empirical-Study UPDATE CODE: 198712 Record 15 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1987-32108-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Use of Morita therapy in shyness counseling in the West: Promoting clients' self-acceptance and action taking. AUTHOR: Ishiyama,-F.-Ishu FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada SOURCE: Journal-of-Counseling-and-Development. 1987 Jun; Vol 65(10): 547-551 JOURNAL TITLE: Journal-of-Counseling-and-Development ISSN: 0748-9633 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1987 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Describes the application of Morita therapy (MT) as a treatment for anxious and nervous clients in shyness counseling. Shy clients in MT are encouraged to recognize the self-actualizing meaning of social anxiety instead of regarding it as abnormal and becoming preoccupied with attempts to control anxiety symptoms. They are challenged to reevaluate their maladaptive cognitive processing of shyness and their unproductive behavioral passivity. The didactic, confrontational, and supportive messages used in MT-based counseling are presented. Cross-cultural issues are discussed, and the positive reinterpretation technique and the behavioral instructional method are illustrated. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy, shyness and social anxiety and nervousness, clients, US and Canada vs Japan MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Nervousness-; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques; *Self-Perception; *Social-Anxiety; *Timidity- MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Cross-Cultural-Differences CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3314-Interpersonal-and-Client-Centered-and-Humanistic-Therapy; 3314; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 198711 Record 16 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1989-72249-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita therapy and transcendental phenomenology: The relationship between "arugamama" and "selbstverstaendlichkeit" (Blankenburg, W.). AUTHOR: Matsuo,-Tadashi; Shibata,-Shiro FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Hizen National Mental Hosp, Ctr for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Saga, Japan SOURCE: Kyushu-Neuro-psychiatry. 1986; Vol 32(3-4): 368-375 JOURNAL TITLE: Kyushu-Neuro-psychiatry ISSN: 0023-6144 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1986 LANGUAGE: Japanese ABSTRACT: Discusses the lack of transcendental basis in schizophrenic patients and the resulting apparent similarity between them and patients in Morita therapy. (English abstract) ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy and transcendental phenomenology, schizophrenic patients MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Psychotherapy-; *Schizophrenia- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 198907 Record 17 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1988-70330-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Psychotherapy for Asians. AUTHOR: Nishizono,-Masahisa FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Fukuoka U, Medical Coll, Japan SOURCE: Kyushu-Neuro-psychiatry. 1986; Vol 32(1): 1-9 JOURNAL TITLE: Kyushu-Neuro-psychiatry ISSN: 0023-6144 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1986 LANGUAGE: Japanese ABSTRACT: Contends that one characteristic of Japanese psychiatry is to actualize the traditional Japanese philosophy (i.e., mutual welfare). Without understanding this philosophy, there is no effective psychiatric treatment for Japanese. The current status of drug therapy, a comparative study of Morita therapy and psychoanalysis, classification of the mental patients and trends in mental illnesses, and methodological problems in the psychiatric treatment of Asians are discussed in this context. A dynamic therapeutic method is proposed that emphasizes the importance of careful analyses of (1) the treatment structure, (2) the characteristics of the patient^therapist relationship, (3) the psychological structure of the patient's family, and (4) the characteristics of the patient's identity in relation to the patient's mother. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: psychotherapeutic and drug therapy issues, Japan MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Japan-; *Psychotherapy- MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Culture-Anthropological; Drug-Therapy CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 POPULATION: Human UPDATE CODE: 198803 Record 18 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1987-22786-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Positive reinterpretation of fear of death: A Japanese (Morita) psychotherapy approach to anxiety treatment. AUTHOR: Ishiyama,-F.-Ishu FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada SOURCE: Psychotherapy. 1986 Win; Vol 23(4): 556-562 JOURNAL TITLE: Psychotherapy ISSN: 0033-3204 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1986 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Describes Morita therapy, a Japanese cognitive)ehavioral therapy that aims toward clients' acceptance of the self-actualizing and existential meaning of anxiety (i.e., the fear of death and failure), instead of trying to resist or control anxiety symptoms. The positive reinterpretation technique attempts to mobilize clients' energy from egocentric self-preocccupations to productive and constructive action-taking. A case illustration is presented of a 35-yr-old female death-anxious client with paroxysmal anxiety reactions who was successfully treated in a single Morita session; successful maintenance continued at 40-mo follow-up. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy, positive reinterpretation of death fears, 35 yr old death anxious female, 40-mo followup MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Cognitive-Therapy; *Death-Anxiety; *Psychotherapeutic-Techniques MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Adulthood-; Followup-Studies; Theoretical-Orientation CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3311-Cognitive-Therapy; 3311; 33 AGE GROUP: Adulthood POPULATION: Human PUBLICATION TYPE: Empirical-Study; Followup-Study UPDATE CODE: 198708 Record 19 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1987-19417-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Brief Morita therapy for social anxiety: A single-case study of therapeutic changes. AUTHOR: Ishiyama,-F.-Ishu FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U Victoria, Canada SOURCE: Canadian-Journal-of-Counselling. 1986 Jan; Vol 20(1): 56-65 JOURNAL TITLE: Canadian-Journal-of-Counselling ISSN: 0828-3893 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1986 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Using a multiple baseline design across 2 target problems (fear of speaking in groups and fear of approaching strangers), therapeutic changes associated with brief (3-session) Morita therapy (MT) in a socially anxious female (aged 42 yrs) were examined. MT is a Japanese therapy for anxiety-related problems. Changes regarding both problems were observed after intervention and in the follow-up phase in the S's ratings on acceptance of anxiety, problem severity, and effectiveness in coping with anxiety problems. Qualitative information provided by the S indicated a lasting therapeutic impact of Morita-based interpretation of anxiety and confrontation. Suggestions are given for future single-case experimental research on MT. (French abstract) ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: brief Morita therapy, fear of speaking in groups and of approaching strangers, 42 yr old socially anxious female, case report MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Brief-Psychotherapy; *Social-Anxiety MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Adulthood-; Case-Report; Social-Interaction; Speech-Anxiety CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3310-Psychotherapy-and-Psychotherapeutic-Counseling; 3310; 33 AGE GROUP: Adulthood POPULATION: Human PUBLICATION TYPE: Empirical-Study; Clinical-Case-Report UPDATE CODE: 198707 Record 20 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1987-08074-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Morita therapy: Its basic features and cognitive intervention for anxiety treatment. AUTHOR: Ishiyama,-F.-Ishu FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: U British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada SOURCE: Psychotherapy. 1986 Fal; Vol 23(3): 375-381 JOURNAL TITLE: Psychotherapy ISSN: 0033-3204 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1986 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: Describes Morita therapy as being centered around positive reinterpretation of anxiety in order to stimulate attentional, attitudinal, and behavioral change in self-preoccupied anxious clients. It promotes clients' behavioral commitment to constructive and productive activities. The shinkeishitsusho disposition is regarded as a combination of predispositional nervousness and hypersensitivity and learned and habituated cognitive patterns of anxious self-preoccupation. The aim of the therapy is not to reject the nervous disposition but to modify clients' dysfunctional cognitive and behavioral patterns to reduce unproductive self-preoccupation. The therapy promotes clients' acceptance of their predispositional nervous sensitivity and anxiousness, not as personal weaknesses but as potentially functional and constructive qualities as they are redirected toward concrete tasks and realistic action-taking. Therapeutic progress is thus initiated when clients take a positive v! iew of their previously rejected nervous dispositions and successfully apply it to practical activities for productive purposes. Similarities and differences between Morita therapy and rational-emotive therapy are noted. (39 ref) ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: Morita therapy, positive reinterpretation of anxiety in order to stimulate attentional and attitudinal and behavioral change, self preoccupied anxious clients MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Anxiety-; *Cognitive-Techniques MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Attitude-Change; Behavior-Change CLASSIFICATION CODE: 3312-Behavior-Therapy-and-Behavior-Modification; 3312; 33 POPULATION: Human SPECIAL FEATURE: References UPDATE CODE: 198703 Record 21 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988 ACCESSION NUMBER: 1989-28660-001 DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Article TITLE: Relationship between sleep efficiency and urinary excretion of catecholamines in bed-rested humans. AUTHOR: Nishihara,-Kyoko; Mori,-Kazuko; Endo,-Shiro; Ohta,-Tatsuro; et-al FIRST AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Psychiatric Research Inst of Tokyo, Dept of Psychophysiology, Japan SOURCE: Sleep. 1985 Jun; Vol 8(2): 110-117 JOURNAL TITLE: Sleep ISSN: 0161-8105 PUBLICATION YEAR: 1985 LANGUAGE: English ABSTRACT: The relationship between urinary excretion of catecholamines during sleep and sleep disturbance was examined in 4 healthy 25-26 yr old males who were confined to bed for 1 wk under an entrained condition. This experiment was performed to investigate the psychophysiological bases of Morita Therapy, a method of Japanese psychotherapy that involves long, absolute bed rest. Polysomnographic recordings were made throughout the period of continuous bed rest. All Ss showed a negative correlation between sleep efficiency and epinephrine excretion. Norepinephrine excretion correlated negatively with sleep efficiency in only 1 S, and the group average correlation coefficient was not significant. Circadian variations in sleep efficiency and catecholamine excretion were observed. Findings suggest that urinary excretion of epinephrine could serve as an effective indicator of sleep disturbance. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) KEY PHRASE: urinary excretion of catecholamines during sleep and sleep disturbances, healthy 25-26 yr old males confined to continuous bed rest, implications for Morita therapy MAJOR DESCRIPTORS: *Catecholamines-; *Sleep- MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Adulthood-; Sleep-Disorders; Sleep-Treatment; Urine- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 2540-Physiological-Processes; 3350-Specialized-Interventions; 2540; 3350; 25; 33 AGE GROUP: Adulthood POPULATION: Human PUBLICATION TYPE: Empirical-Study UPDATE CODE: 198909 Record 22 of 62 in PsycINFO 1984-1988