International Center for Medical Research, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan
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Scopus Author ID: 7003855366
Academic degree: MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor.
Position: Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Medicine and Consultant Psychiatrist at the International Center for Medical Research, Kobe University School of Medicine.
Additional information: Member of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN). Honorary Member of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA). Executive Member of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR).
Publications: Author of more than 200 articles in the fields of international health, social psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, disaster psychiatry, and mental health services in Asia. Of these, 137 publications are indexed with 3,945 citations in Scopus.
Citation Metrics: Scopus h-index — 30.
Awards: In 2014, he received the Achievement Award for Development of Community Mental Health Services in Asia from the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations (AFPA).
