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World Service,3 mins

Series The Borders of Sanity

Why wasn't depression recognised in Japan till the 1990s?

The Compass

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A variety of cultural beliefs and assumptions meant that depression went undiagnosed and untreated in Japan until the late 1990s. Anthropologist Junko Kitanaka explains. Image: Blurred mall Credit: Thinkstock

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