Abstract
Currently, the shift of persons with mental illness in the local area is in the process of moving forward, however there are many barriers blocking that realization. One representation of that is "institutional conflict", such as opposition movements from the local residents towards institutions for persons with mental illness. In order to realize the return to the local area of persons with mental illness, problems like these must be resolved. However, with regard to conflicts between institutions for persons with mental illness and local residents, currently there is no means by which to understand or assess the situation regarding factors such as in what region such a problem would occur, or how many times it would occur. Accordingly, in this study, together with an outline of the nation-wide surveys carried out in the 1980s and the 1990s, I will clarify the reality from 2000 onwards, which could be assessed through the nation-wide surveys. Furthermore, for the institutions where institutional conflict has occurred, I clarify how it was dealt with, what response was seen from the results of dealing with it, and conduct an analysis regarding the process from conflict outbreaks through to consensus (means, method, primary factor) and the relationship of the various factors to the development of a consensus.
