A Disability of the Soul

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Arrivals
Life Story 1. Memory and Catharsis: Kiyoshi's Story
Chapter 2. Psychiatry in Japan
Life Story 2. Coming of Age in Japan: Rika’s Story
Chapter 3. Christianity in Japan and the Establishment of Hokkaido
Chapter 4. The Founding of Bethel
Life Story 3. UFOs and Other Mass Delusions: Kohei’s Story
Chapter 5. The Doctor and the Hospital
Life Story 4. 37 Years of Institutionalization: Why Did Yuzuru Never Want to Leave the Hospital?
Chapter 6. Bethel Therapies
Life Story 5. Peer Support and a Meaningful Life: Gen’s Story
Chapter 7. Departures
Chapter 8. Beyond Bethel: A Postscript
Notes
References
Index

Book Trivia

A Disability of the Soul contains 31 photographs, 2 tables, 2 charts, 2 maps, and 1 line drawing. This is considerably more than most ethnographies, which proved to be a challenge for the typesetters at Cornell University Press.

The index was prepared by Do Mi Stauber, who also did the indexing for Karen's first book, Signing Deaf in Japan. Karen hates books with bad or non-existing indexes, don't you? Good indexers are worth their weight in gold.