Masako-sama diagnosed with 'adjustment disorder'(huh?)

[Taro Toporific]

Japan's Imperial Palace Says Princess Ill
Guardian, UK - 30 July
TOKYO (AP) -Crown Princess Masako, out of the public spotlight for months, has been diagnosed with adjustment disorder. ...generally defined as a psychological problem caused by a major life change. An Imperal Household Agency official declined to comment.

....crib sheet on Adjustment Disorder

[GomiGirl]

note my sig!! That is her problem!!

[canman]

I read somewhere that some advisors were telling the crown prince to dump Masako-sama for a new wife. If they could find some problem, especially something mental, then it wouldn't look too bad to dump her and find a wife who could produce a boy. Is this the beginning of the end for poor old Masako?

[dimwit]

Japan's Imperial Palace Says Princess Ill
Guardian, UK - 30 July
TOKYO (AP) -Crown Princess Masako, out of the public spotlight for months, has been diagnosed with adjustment disorder. ...generally defined as a psychological problem caused by a major life change. An Imperal Household Agency official declined to comment.

....crib sheet on Adjustment Disorder

They should try using adjustment screws.

[Bongo]

[japslapper]

hmmm ...funny.... why can they just say she is depressed ie suffering from depression?

Why this bullshit about "adjustment disorder"

[Taro Toporific]

hmmm ...funny.... why can they just say she is depressed ie suffering from depression?

Why this bullshit about "adjustment disorder"

It's those evil gaijin that caused "returnee" shock.

Crown princess is 'mentally ill'
Telegraph.co.uk, 31/07/2004
... In Japan, adjustment disorder is commonly associated with children who grow up abroad but experience shock at the rigidity of Japanese culture when they return ...
....Mr Hayashida [Grand Master of the crown prince's household] said the princess's condition was marked by sleeplessness, anxiety and physical symptoms resulting from stress. Her problems had been described as "mental and physical weariness".
Mr Hayashida all but confirmed rumours that the princess has been depressed by referring to "depressive feelings" that have made it difficult for her to carry out duties. She is receiving psychotherapy and prescription drugs...
Crown Prince Naruhito has suggested that a lack of overseas trips had also played a part in her becoming ill. Masako has been abroad five times since the wedding....

[Socratesabroad]

hmmm ...funny.... why can they just say she is depressed ie suffering from depression?

Why this bullshit about "adjustment disorder"

the formal psychiatric disorder of major depression is often confused with the less dire adjustment disorder (depressive reaction)

I second that. What the hell is 'adjustment disorder'? Apparently the US has been classifying anything and everything as a disorder so 1) it can be covered by insurance and 2) it can be 'cured' by a very expensive psychologist covered under 1).

My mother and my wife and I are seeing a family therapist right now, trying to resolve some old issues that have been messing us up for a decade or more. My Blue Cross coverage pays for part of the therapy because I'm the designated patient. My diagnosis: Adjustment disorder with anxiety. Which is a crock of shit, of course -- we're just stuck.
http://www.realjoe.com/2002_09_01_archive.html

"Biologically based brain diseases" are certainly convenient for families and practitioners alike. It is no-fault insurance against personal responsibility. We are all just helplessly caught up in a swirl of brain pathology for which no one, except DNA, is responsible.

Masako should just divorce the shrimp and hook up with a nice, well-hung FG. I think that'd straighten her right out...

[Video-Link Japan]

I wonder if all this spin has something to do with old guard trying to marginalize the power of a 'commoner' who will be the mother of Japan's first - in modern times - Empress (Aiko) in say 20 years from now.

They would be able to point to Masako's "history of mental illness" as she will be entering into the potential dementia years stage by then, perhaps in an effort to reduce her potential influence on her ruling daughter. Just a thought.