I am a professor at the Nagoya University Psychological Support & Research Center for Human Development, and I specialise in clinical psychology. I am affiliated with Nagoya University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, and I have provided lectures and seminars regarding clinical practice for training candidates for the role of clinical psychologist. My research has focused on identification of psychosocial risk factors for mental health problems among pregnant and postnatal mothers, especially the emotional bonding disturbances between mother and infant. My second focus is the cross-cultural study of mental health problems among adolescents. I have worked as an original member of the Eurasian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Study group (ECAMHS), an international collaboration study group started in 2016, now renamed the Global Child and Adolescent Mental Health Study group (GCAMHS), and consisting of approximately 20 countries worldwide.

April, 2023
Hitoshi Kaneko
Director
Psychological Support & Research Center for Human Development