Abstract
The author have experienced 2 cases of occupational maladjustment disorders of young SelfDefense Officials in Fukuoka, Japan. The patients were treated by the author in the inpatient ward of Self-Defense Forces Fukuoka Hospital between June 1989 and May 1992. The author considered these cases had some characteristics of adjustment disorders (DSM-Il-R). We examined the relation between the occupational and individual factors from the psychosomatic point of view. The results were summarized as follows. 1. The patients were found within one year after they started working in Self-Defense Forces and most commonly found among high teenagers. 2. As the cause of adjustment disorders, immaturity, egotism, timidity and nervousness were found in individual personality. 3. Family therapy and cooperation with the superiors of the patients were important in order to improve the patients' environment. 4. The author emphasize that it is important to have some psychiatric or psychological screening before employing young people in Self-Defense Forces.
