A New Perspective of Mental Health Care Based on the Reflection of its History

Abstract

A century has passed since Kure Shuzo publicized his research report in 1918. To commemorate his achievements, a film was made and titled “Before the Dawn: 100 Years of Kure Shuzo and Nameless Mentally Handicapped People.” We endeavored to have the film put on the screen in Fukui Prefecture. The purpose of our efforts is to promote community development in Fukui Prefecture with a clear shared idea of mental health care. Our collaboration was expected to be a chance for developing social human connections to create a community of the largest social welfare. The collaboration proved to be successful. The history, or the knowledge about our past, helps understand our present deeply and form a clear vision of our better future. Historical research is supposed to pay the greatest attention to communities and to transmit the historical facts of the communities to the future generations..