[The characteristics of and social support for pathological gamblers among "pachinko" or "slot" users in Japan].

Aim: In Japan, there are one to two million people suspected of being pathological gamblers according to the definition in DSM-IV-TR. Almost all of them use "pachinko" or "slot," which are gambling stores, throughout Japan, that number 12,000 in total. However, the characteristics and ratio of pathological "pachinko" and "slot" gamblers have not been investigated.

Measuring adjustment in Japanese juvenile delinquents with learning disabilities using Japanese version of Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children II.

Aim: The aim of this study was to create a profile of the cognitive and academic abilities of juvenile delinquents (JD) in Japan using the newly validated Japanese version of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II-J).

Methods: We administered the KABC-II-J to 22 JD (Mage  = 15.9 years, standard deviation [SD] = 1.

[Characteristics of juvenile court cases with pervasive developmental disorder].

Forty-eight juvenile delinquency cases, who were sent to a family court between April, 2002 and March, 2005, and diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), were examined regarding the following characteristics: (1) demographic, cognitive and social profiles (sex, age, intellectual development, school register), (2) diagnostic subclasses of PDD, and (3) types (classification), causes, and backgrounds of delinquency. While the PDD group revealed no noticeable differences in the distributions of sex, age, school register status, and intellectual abilities, compared with a general delinquent juvenile population, the PDD group showed a much higher rate of sexual offences and antisocial behaviors based on the confusion due to limited interpersonal abilities. Forty-two (87.