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Asylums of Japan: Makiko's story

The Documentary Podcast

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I Grew Up in a Mental Hospital in Tokyo, Japan

His father took him to a mental hospital in Tokyo after he developed symptoms of paranoia. He got better but his request to leave were always refused. "They physically tied my hands and feet and maybe wear a diaper, even though I was not in a bad state of mind at the time"

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