Timetable Thu. Sep 25, 2025 | PRCP&WACP Joint Congress 2025 Tokyo

Opening Ceremony(9:00 AM - 9:15 AM JST)

[Plenary Session 1] Workforce for mental health care of the future

Moderator: Yong Chon Park (Emeritus professor at HanYang University)

Plenary Session(10:10 AM - 11:00 AM JST)

[Plenary Session 2] Transforming mental health across cultures: promotion, prevention and human rights-based collaborative care

Moderator: Yoshiharu Kim (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)

Plenary Session(11:05 AM - 11:55 AM JST)

[Plenary Session 3] Social turn in how we understand and support schizophrenia

Moderator: Itsuo Asai (Heart Clinic Medical Corporation)

Educational Lecture(1:00 PM - 1:50 PM JST)

[Educational Lecture 1] Psychotherapy Education for Medical Students

Moderator: Kang Seob Oh (Sung Kkyun Kwan University)

Educational Lecture(1:50 PM - 2:40 PM JST)

[Educational Lecture 2] Latin American Masters of Cultural Psychiatry

Moderator: Yu Abe (Yotsuya Yui Clinic)

Luncheon Seminar(12:10 PM - 12:50 PM JST)

[Symposium 7] Globalizing issue of Hikikomori: Various Psychopathology and Novel Intervention

Moderator: Takahiro A. Kato (Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine), Umberto Volpe (Polytechnic University of Marche)

Hikikomori : [Symposium 7] Globalizing issue of Hikikomori: Various Psychopathology and Novel Intervention

Symposium(4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST)

[Symposium 14] Recent Advances in Psychiatric Classification: DSM and ICD

Moderator: Michael First (Columbia/NYS Psychiatric Institute)

Diagnosis : [Symposium 14] Recent Advances in Psychiatric Classification: DSM and ICD

Symposium(6:00 PM - 7:00 PM JST)

[Symposium 21] Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care for Asian College Students in the United States: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Adaptations and Medication Management

Moderator: Dani T. Gonzales (University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry), Tiffany Yu Nakamura (University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry)

Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder : [Symposium 21] Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care for Asian College Students in the United States: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Adaptations and Medication Management

Symposium(1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST)

[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 -

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)

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 -

Symposium(2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST)

[Symposium 8] Recent advancements in schizophrenia research; Asian perspectives

Moderator: Tao Li (Zhejiang University), Toshiya Murai (Kyoto University)

Schizophrenia : [Symposium 8] Recent advancements in schizophrenia research; Asian perspectives

Symposium(4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST)

[Symposium 15] Disorders Due to Substance Use and Addictive Behaviors and Measures against Related Harm in Asia and around the Globe

Moderator: Susumu Higuchi (National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center), Sawitri Assanangkornchai (Prince of Songkla University)

Addiction : [Symposium 15] Disorders Due to Substance Use and Addictive Behaviors and Measures against Related Harm in Asia and around the Globe

Symposium(6:00 PM - 7:00 PM JST)

[Symposium 22] Social Therapy in Borderline Spaces

Moderator: Giuseppe Cersosimo (Scientific Director of TheSIS Group srl, Milan; Direttore Scientifico di TheSIS Group srl, Milano.)

Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder : [Symposium 22] Social Therapy in Borderline Spaces

Symposium(1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST)

[Symposium 2] Global perspectives on LGBTQ+ Mental Health

Moderator: Changsu Han (Korea University College of Medicine; Mental Health Research Center)

Nerodiversity : [Symposium 2] Global perspectives on LGBTQ+ Mental Health

Symposium(2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST)

[Symposium 9] Anti-stigma 1

Moderator: Michio Suzuki (Itoigawa Clinic/Arisawabashi Hospital)

Forensic Psychiatry : [Symposium 9] Anti-stigma 1

Symposium(4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST)

[Symposium 16] Cultural Adaptations of Psychotherapies-A Symposium Sponsored by the World Federation for Psychotherapy

Moderator: César A. Alfonso (World Federation for Psychotherapy, President), Norman Sartorius (Advisor to the Board of Directors, World Federation for Psychotherapy)

Psychothrapy : [Symposium 16] Cultural Adaptations of Psychotherapies-A Symposium Sponsored by the World Federation for Psychotherapy

Symposium(6:00 PM - 7:00 PM JST)

[Symposium 114] Integrating Lived Experience in Mental Health Research and Practice with Individuals and Families

Moderator: Oscar Jimenez-Solomon (New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center)

Research on Individuals and Families : [Symposium 114] Integrating Lived Experience in Mental Health Research and Practice with Individuals and Families

Symposium(1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST)

[Symposium 3] Global Perspectives on Psychodermatology

Moderator: Antonio Sison (University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital)

Global Mental Health : [Symposium 3] Global Perspectives on Psychodermatology

Symposium(2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST)

[Symposium 10] Ethics in Society and Forensic Psychiatry

Moderator: Susanna Every-Palmer (University of Otago)

Forensic Psychiatry : [Symposium 10] Ethics in Society and Forensic Psychiatry

Symposium(4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST)

[Symposium 17] The development of robot and AI Agent System to improv Social Skills for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Moderator: Hirokazu Kumazaki (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine), Jerome Dinet (University of Lorraine | UdL · Faculty of Psychology)

AI&IT : [Symposium 17] The development of robot and AI Agent System to improv Social Skills for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Oral(6:00 PM - 7:00 PM JST)

Oral 4

Symposium(1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST)

[Symposium 4] Art and Trauma

Moderator: Shinichiro Tanaka (Tokyo University of the Arts), Itsuo Asai (Heart Clinic Medical Corporation)

Art : [Symposium 4] Art and Trauma

Symposium(2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST)

[Symposium 11] Reclaiming the Role of Art in Mental Health: From Global Policy to Lived Healing

Moderator: Byamah Brian Mutamba (Butabika National Mental Hospital)

Art : [Symposium 11] Reclaiming the Role of Art in Mental Health: From Global Policy to Lived Healing

Symposium(4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST)

[Symposium 18] Concept of death and culture

Moderator: Sergio Javier Villaseñor-Bayardo (Universidad de Guadalajara), Saima Niaz (Transcultural Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK.)

Suicide prevention : [Symposium 18] Concept of death and culture

Oral(6:00 PM - 7:00 PM JST)

Oral 5

Symposium(1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST)

[Symposium 5] A Cross-cultural Comparison of the Impact of Immigration on Parent-Child Relationships in Japan, Spain, and the U.S.

Moderator: Nelida Tanaka (Yotsuya Yui Clinic), Cheiron McMahill (Kannon Healing Counseling)
Discussant: Chizuko Tezuka

Imigrant, Refugee : [Symposium 5] A Cross-cultural Comparison of the Impact of Immigration on Parent-Child Relationships in Japan, Spain, and the U.S.

Symposium(2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST)

[Symposium 12] Development of mental health care for Cambodian people

Moderator: Tsutomu Aoki (Department of Psychiatry, Asahi General Hospital)

Local minority : [Symposium 12] Development of mental health care for Cambodian people

Symposium(4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST)

[Symposium 19] AFRICA SYMPOSIUM: WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT HEALTH SYSTEMS TO REDUCE THE TREATMENT GAP FOR MENTAL DISORDERS IN AFRICA

Moderator: Kiyoshi Yoshikawa

Local minority : [Symposium 19] AFRICA SYMPOSIUM: WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT HEALTH SYSTEMS TO REDUCE THE TREATMENT GAP FOR MENTAL DISORDERS IN AFRICA

Oral(6:00 PM - 7:00 PM JST)

Oral 6

Symposium(1:05 PM - 2:35 PM JST)

[Symposium 6] Remodelling Religious Remedies: An Anthropology of Healing Through "Feeling with the World"

Moderator: Laurence J. Kirmayer (McGill University)

Medical Anthropology : [Symposium 6] Remodelling Religious Remedies: An Anthropology of Healing Through "Feeling with the World"

Symposium(2:45 PM - 4:15 PM JST)

[Symposium 13] Knowledge for good practice of mood disorders

Moderator: Shigenobu Kanba (Kyushu University)

MDD : [Symposium 13] Knowledge for good practice of mood disorders

Symposium(4:25 PM - 5:55 PM JST)

[Symposium 20] How to make the real critical transculturel psychiatry in japan today

Moderator: Yasuo Miwaki (Jinai University)

CFI : [Symposium 20] How to make the real critical transculturel psychiatry in japan today

Oral(6:00 PM - 7:00 PM JST)

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