A new viewpoint on psychiatry: Supporting children's diversified “ibasho”
Tsubasa Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Hirano · 2026
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Tsubasa Sasaki and Yoshiyuki Hirano explore a Japanese idea about belonging in this 2026 viewpoint paper on child psychiatry. The word ibasho means a place, physical or emotional, where a child feels accepted as their true self and safe with others.
The authors argue that feeling one has an ibasho tracks closely with mental health, since a sense of belonging predicts well-being through the teen years. Using a nationwide government survey of children and young people from 2022, they map where children find such places across home, school, and other settings, and how this shifts with age. They urge care that supports many kinds of ibasho, not just one.
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| CREATOR | Tsubasa Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Hirano |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11329 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |