Traumatized Community and Mental Health
-Trauma caused by the Second World War and its Care-
June 25 2019
Osaka Prefectural Mental Health and Welfare Center
Trauma influences not only on individual and groups, but also on the whole community. It is transferred from the first generation of t rauma survivors to the second and further generations. Japan Liaison Committee for Mental Health and Welfare organized a workshop to discuss trauma caused by the Second World War and its care, inviting Dr. Eugen Koh, assisting t raumatized communities through art, and Japanese researchers interested in trauma and care.
Program:
12:30-12:40 Greetings Tadashi Takeshima, Japan Liaison Committee for Mental Health and Welfare/ Kawasaki City Center for Mental Health and Welfare
Takao Kagomoto, Osaka Prefectural Mental Health and Welfare Center
12:40-13:40 Keynote lecture
“The Long-Term Trans-generational Effects of the Second World War”
Eugen Koh, Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne/Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
13:50-15:20 Presentations
“Veterans and their children in postwar Japan”
Eri Nakamura, Keio University
“Vicarious consumer travel and traumatic memories of the Pacific War: Japanese travelogues about the southwestern Pacific battle sites”
Ryota Nishino, International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
“Cultural and institutional aspects of consolation and memorialization of souls in Japanese way”
Kenta Awazu, Institute of Grief Care, Sophia University
“The life history of war orphans after World War II”
Tomomi Sakamoto, Japan College of Social Work
15:20-16:20 Discussion
16:20-16:30 Summary (Eugen Koh)
Organizer: Japan Liaison Committee for Mental Health and Welfare
Co-organizer: Building a support system based on “people community society to raise awareness of trauma, Creating a Safe and Secure Living Environment in the Changing Public and Private Spheres, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Cooperating organizations: Osaka Prefectural Mental Health and Welfare Center Institute of Grief Care, Sophia University