In the psychiatric domain, it is said that not a few patients are conscious of constipation because of uneasiness, strain and the side effects of major tranquilizers. About forty-six percent of inpatients complained of constipation in our psychiatric open ward. So we programmed a systematic educational plan, which contains a physical exercise, for the nine constipated inpatients (educated group, EG), and examined the effects of it. The frequency of bowel movements increased in 6 out of 11 exercise only group inpatients and 6 out of 9 EG. Also in both groups, a half of the common pargative users decreased its use. And significant correlation was found between the rate of exercise participation and the frequency of pargative use in EG (n＝9, r＝－0.88, p<0.01). Moreover, the rate of exercise participation in the whole ward increased significantly during the educating period. From these results, it is clarified that the systematic group education brings psychatric contipated patients healthy changes of their recognition of defecation control and the coping behavior of constipation.

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To elucidate life events related to depression for stress management and mental health promotion we made a questionnaire survey of life events and depression for menopausal females in a farming village, Chiba.
Incidence of life events were disease of family member (30.0%), change of income (26.5%), death of blood relative (16.6%), injury/disease (15.2%）, restructure of home, change of association with neighbors, child's leaving home to live independently and debts.
The results by using univariate analysis revealed that life event significantly related to depression was only death of spouse.
As a result of multivariate analysis life events significantly related to depression were death of spouse and disease of family member. And retirement and injury/disease were apt to be related to depression.

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The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of sufficiency of one's life values on subjective well-being in middle and advanced age. We surveyed 2022 residents aged 30-69 years of age, and questioned sufficiency of values for 13 life items to estimate subjective well-being by Neugarten's Life Satisfaction Index.
Correlation between sufficiency of one's values for life items and life satisfaction was analyzed by multivariate analysis.
The results obtained by multivariate analysis were as follows.
1) The one life value item significantly related to subjective well-being was found to be family.
2) The life value item significantly related to subjective well-being in males was found to be family, while in females it was hobby/leisure.
3) Life value items significantly related to subjective well-being of people in their 30's were found to be family, health, income, and hobby/leisure. For people in their 40's they were family and community, for people in their 50's hobby/lesure and income, and for those in their none of the life value items were significant.
4) Considering both gender and age together, life value items significantly related to subjective well-being of males in their 30's were family and residential environment, for males in their 40's quality of labour, for males in their 50's none of the surveyed items, and for those in their 60's consumption.
Life value items significantly related to subjective well-being of females in their 30's was quality of labour, for females in their 40's family, cpnsumption, and hobby/leisure, females in their 50's education/culture, and for those in their 60's to be none of the items surveyed.
The present study suggests that, from the point of sufficiency of one's values, family was strongly correlated to subjective well-being of middle and advanced age residents.

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