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[SY-84]At a cultural crossroads in our time
Kanako Shimizu1,5, Karen Yanit2, Shinichiro Otsuka3, Kazuaki Sugawara4, Yuichiro Abe6 (1.Rokubancho Mental Clinic, Japan depression center(Japan), 2.Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)(Mexico), 3.Otsuka Praxis(Japan), 4.Mental hospital Kamakurayama(Japan), 5.Jichi Medical University, department of psychiatry(Japan), 6.Ishiki Hospital(Japan))
Keywords:
strangers,study overseas,cultural crossroad
Cross-cultural experiences always have duality. They are valuable, as new perspectives and skills are gained. On the other hand, they can often lead to maladjustment and mental instability. Strangers may be subject to discrimination at times because they are strangers. They may generate new perspectives due to strangers. Studying overseas is the epitome of being a stranger. Many of our predecessors studied overseas. During that time, travelling to other countries would have been a real challenge, and perhaps "the stranger experience" might have been intense. Today, however, studying overseas is easier than ever, and diversity has expanded to the point where it is less common to be a stranger, specifically in urban areas. What would be gained from an experience overseas at present? This symposium will discuss how speakers who have returned from study abroad have applied their experiences to their clinical practice, or what they have seen through medical treatment or psychotherapy of foreigners and international students.