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Department of Social Psychiatry & Mental Health studies mental health policy by looking into the causes of social phenomena related to mental disturbance such as crime, alcohol & drug abuse, child abuse, domestic violence, through forensic psychiatric evidence and fieldwork. |
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● Yoji Nakatani [Professor] ynakatan@md.tsukuba.ac.jp ● Nobuaki Morita [Assistant Professor] nobumori@md.tsukuba.ac.jp |
| Name | Yoji Nakatani |
| Area of Specialization | Forensic Psychiatry Social Psychiatry |
| Profile | Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine Doctor of Medical Science |
| Research Interests | Psychiatric Examination and Mental Competency of Criminal Responsibility Psychopathological Study of Criminal Behavior Analysis and International Comparison of Legal System on Mentally Disturbed |
| Publications in Western Language | 1) Reflexions sur un traitement des schizophrenes meurtriers. L'Evolution
Psychiatrique, 56:769-783, 1991. 2) The birth of criminology in modern Japan. In Becker P, Wetzell RF(eds) Criminals and their Scientists. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 3) New legislation for offenders with mental disorders in Japan. Int J law Psychiatry 33: 7-12, 2010. |
| Academic Society Affiliation | Japanese Society of Forensic Mental Health Japanese Association of Criminology Japanese Society of Social Psychiatry Japanese Society of Psychopathology and Psychotherapy Japanese Society for the History of Psychiatry Japanese Association of Pathography |
| Award-winning/Social Contribution |
2008 Japanese Association of Criminology Award |
| Teaching Courses | Lecture on Human Care Science Lecture on Social Psychiatry Lecture on Forensic Psychiatry |
| Research Topics of Supervising Students | Social Rehabilitation of Mentally Ill Offenders Study on Drug Abuse Treatment and Recovery Analysis on Involuntary Admission to Mental Hospital of the Mentally Handicapped Introduction Process of Psychiatric Therapy in Japan |
| Personal Website | Not Available |
| Name | Nobuaki Morita |
| Area of Specialization | Forensic Psychiatry Mental Hygiene Social Psychiatry |
| Profile | University of Tsukuba, School of Medicine University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Medical Science, Doctoral Program in Environmental Ecology Doctor of Medical Science |
| Research Interests | Psychiatric Study on Deviant Behavior; Child abuse, Domestic Violence,
Crime, Substance Abuse and High-risk Sexual Behaviors. Developments of
Psycho-educational programs for these deviant behaviors Assessment and therapy of complicated psychological trauma Research on self-help activities and Therapeutic Community for people with mental problems and their families |
| Publications in Western Language | 1) Correlation between addictive behaviors and mental health in university
students, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 62, 84-92, 2008 2) Job stress and mental health of child-councelling office workers, Journal of Occupational Health, 49 (2), 125-133, 2007. 3) Attitudes toward taking medication among outpatients with schizophrenia: cross-national comparison between Tokyo and Beijing, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 13: 288-295, 2008 (8). |
| Academic Society Affiliation | Japanese Association of Criminology Japanese Medical Society of Alcohol & Drug Studies (Director) The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Japanese Society of Forensic Mental Health Japanese Society of Prevention of Children Abuse and Neglect |
| Award-winning/Social Contribution | Japanese Association of Criminology, Encouragement Prize （2003） Japanese Medical Society of Alcohol & Drug Studies, Excellent Study Award (2008) Tsuchiura Child Consultation Center, Consultant Doctor Ibaraki Child Abuse Prevention Network "AI", Administrative Member Respectful Relationship Program Study Group （Study Group on Treatment of Victims and Educational Programs for Batterers of Domestic Violence）, Member Support of drug abusers of DARC (Drug Addiction Rehabilitaion Center) and their family Developments of the programs for prisoners who had committed drug crime in PFI jail |
| Teaching Courses | Lecture on Social Psychiatry Methodology of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health Seminar in Mental Health |
| Research Topics of Supervising Students | Child Abuse, Elder Abuse, Domestic Violence Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse PTSD |
| Personal Website | http://www.md.tsukuba.ac.jp/public/community-med/mental_health/index.html |