Internationale Zeitschrift für psychische Gesundheit und Psychiatrie

Catastrophe of Japanese Psychiatric Brainbank

Keiko Ikemoto

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.