2018 Volume 30 Issue 2 Pages 133-140
An increase in the number of outpatients visiting psychiatrists for neurodevelopmental disorders in recent years suggests the need for the fields of medicine, industry, and law to consider ways to competently understand and manage such patients. In the field of medicine, it is important to visualize and clarify what types of rules should be applied for admitting individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders to a seclusion room as well as what kind of state individuals must be in for them to be released from the seclusion room. In the field of industry, when signs of a neurodevelopmental disorder are observed in a patient granted leave of absence due to depression, considerations that take into account the characteristics of the disorder should be made to prevent the return-to-work program from becoming a source of distress to the patient. In the field of law, it should be recognized that individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders may be victims or perpetrators, and it should be considered that in either case, social communication impairments may lead to difficulties in describing circumstances and emotions at the time of the incident in question. This study discusses the points raised above through examples of fictional cases.
