Symposium
Community care : [Symposium 1] What is truly effective outreach services in community mental health ?- Report on practices and issues in Japan and Canada:For system building and human resource development -
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:05 AM - 5:35 AM UTC
Session Room 2 (Main Hall B)
Moderator: Itsuo Asai (Heart Clinic Medical Corporation), Lisa Andermann (Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto)
Commentator: Sosei Yamaguchi (National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Nerodiversity : [Symposium 2] Global perspectives on LGBTQ+ Mental Health
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:05 AM - 5:35 AM UTC
Session Room 3 (Large Hall A)
Moderator: Changsu Han (Korea University College of Medicine; Mental Health Research Center)
Global Mental Health : [Symposium 3] Global Perspectives on Psychodermatology
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:05 AM - 5:35 AM UTC
Session Room 4 (Large Hall B)
Moderator: Antonio Sison (University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital)
Art : [Symposium 4] Art and Trauma
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:05 AM - 5:35 AM UTC
Session Room 5 (Conference Room A)
Moderator: Shinichiro Tanaka (Tokyo University of the Arts), Itsuo Asai (Heart Clinic Medical Corporation)
Imigrant, Refugee : [Symposium 5] A Cross-cultural Comparison of the Impact of Immigration on Parent-Child Relationships in Japan, Spain, and the U.S.
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:05 AM - 5:35 AM UTC
Session Room 6 (Conference Room B)
Moderator: Nelida Tanaka (Yotsuya Yui Clinic), Cheiron McMahill (Kannon Healing Counseling)
Discussant: Chizuko Tezuka
Medical Anthropology : [Symposium 6] Remodelling Religious Remedies: An Anthropology of Healing Through "Feeling with the World"
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:05 AM - 5:35 AM UTC
Session Room 7 (Conference Room C)
Moderator: Laurence J. Kirmayer (McGill University)
Hikikomori : [Symposium 7] Globalizing issue of Hikikomori: Various Psychopathology and Novel Intervention
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 5:45 AM - 7:15 AM UTC
Session Room 1 (Main Hall A)
Moderator: Takahiro A. Kato (Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine), Umberto Volpe (Polytechnic University of Marche)
Schizophrenia : [Symposium 8] Recent advancements in schizophrenia research; Asian perspectives
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 5:45 AM - 7:15 AM UTC
Session Room 2 (Main Hall B)
Moderator: Tao Li (Zhejiang University), Toshiya Murai (Kyoto University)
Forensic Psychiatry : [Symposium 9] Anti-stigma 1
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 5:45 AM - 7:15 AM UTC
Session Room 3 (Large Hall A)
Moderator: Michio Suzuki (Itoigawa Clinic/Arisawabashi Hospital)
Forensic Psychiatry : [Symposium 10] Ethics in Society and Forensic Psychiatry
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 5:45 AM - 7:15 AM UTC
Session Room 4 (Large Hall B)
Moderator: Susanna Every-Palmer (University of Otago)
Art : [Symposium 11] Reclaiming the Role of Art in Mental Health: From Global Policy to Lived Healing
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 5:45 AM - 7:15 AM UTC
Session Room 5 (Conference Room A)
Moderator: Byamah Brian Mutamba (Butabika National Mental Hospital)
Local minority : [Symposium 12] Development of mental health care for Cambodian people
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 5:45 AM - 7:15 AM UTC
Session Room 6 (Conference Room B)
Moderator: Tsutomu Aoki (Department of Psychiatry, Asahi General Hospital)
MDD : [Symposium 13] Knowledge for good practice of mood disorders
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 5:45 AM - 7:15 AM UTC
Session Room 7 (Conference Room C)
Moderator: Shigenobu Kanba (Kyushu University)
Diagnosis : [Symposium 14] Recent Advances in Psychiatric Classification: DSM and ICD
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 7:25 AM - 8:55 AM UTC
Session Room 1 (Main Hall A)
Moderator: Michael First (Columbia/NYS Psychiatric Institute)
Addiction : [Symposium 15] Disorders Due to Substance Use and Addictive Behaviors and Measures against Related Harm in Asia and around the Globe
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 7:25 AM - 8:55 AM UTC
Session Room 2 (Main Hall B)
Moderator: Susumu Higuchi (National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center), Sawitri Assanangkornchai (Prince of Songkla University)
Psychothrapy : [Symposium 16] Cultural Adaptations of Psychotherapies-A Symposium Sponsored by the World Federation for Psychotherapy
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 7:25 AM - 8:55 AM UTC
Session Room 3 (Large Hall A)
Moderator: César A. Alfonso (World Federation for Psychotherapy, President), Norman Sartorius (Advisor to the Board of Directors, World Federation for Psychotherapy)
AI&IT : [Symposium 17] The development of robot and AI Agent System to improv Social Skills for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 7:25 AM - 8:55 AM UTC
Session Room 4 (Large Hall B)
Moderator: Hirokazu Kumazaki (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine), Jerome Dinet (University of Lorraine | UdL · Faculty of Psychology)
Suicide prevention : [Symposium 18] Concept of death and culture
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 7:25 AM - 8:55 AM UTC
Session Room 5 (Conference Room A)
Moderator: Sergio Javier Villaseñor-Bayardo (Universidad de Guadalajara), Saima Niaz (Transcultural Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK.)
Local minority : [Symposium 19] AFRICA SYMPOSIUM: WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT HEALTH SYSTEMS TO REDUCE THE TREATMENT GAP FOR MENTAL DISORDERS IN AFRICA
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 7:25 AM - 8:55 AM UTC
Session Room 6 (Conference Room B)
Moderator: Kiyoshi Yoshikawa
CFI : [Symposium 20] How to make the real critical transculturel psychiatry in japan today
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST
Thu. Sep 25, 2025 7:25 AM - 8:55 AM UTC
Session Room 7 (Conference Room C)
Moderator: Yasuo Miwaki (Jinai University)
