@article{ref1,
title="Astronaut psychiatric selection procedures: a Japanese experience",
journal="Aviation, space, and environmental medicine",
year="1994",
author="Endo, Takahiko and Ohbayashi, S. and Yumikura, S. and Sekiguchi, C.",
volume="65",
number="10 Pt 1",
pages="916-919",
abstract="This paper presents the results of the first application of a structured NASA psychiatric interview for Japanese astronaut selection. We undertook a semi-structured, diagnostic, clinical psychiatric interview with 45 Japanese astronaut applicants for the position of mission specialist-astronaut, and performed &quot;select-out&quot; psychiatric evaluations according to DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnostic criteria. Two applicants (4.4%) who met Axis I or Axis II disorder criteria in DSM-III-R were evaluated as &quot;Disqualified.&quot; There were 13 applicants &quot;Qualified with Reservation&quot;; the majority of their diagnoses were &quot;hypomania.&quot; Those applicants &quot;Qualified with Reservation&quot; and &quot;Disqualified&quot; were not finally selected to be astronauts. This structured interview was not only useful for &quot;select-out&quot; psychiatric screening of Japanese astronauts, but also made clear the Japanese characteristics of this selection procedure.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0095-6562",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}