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List of Presentations
Takahiro A. Kato Last modified date:2023.10.27

Associate Professor / Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences / Department of Clinical Medicine / Faculty of Medical Sciences


Presentations
1. Kato TA, Intervention for school refusal and hikikomori, severe social withdrawal, using robots and Metaverse, ASCAPAP 2023, 2023.05.
2. Kato TA, Umberto Volpe, Hikikomori, pathological social withdrawal and modern type depression: assessment, intervention and novel therapeutic approach using digital technologies, EPA 2023, 2023.03.
3. 加藤隆弘, Reverse-Translational Research to Clarify the psychodynamic roles of microglia in Physical and Mental Disorders, 第9回Neuroscience Network in Kobeシンポジウム, 2023.02.
4. Kato TA, Psychoanalysis of a Woman with Hikikomori (Pathological Social Withdrawal): Knowing and Feeling the Sense of Loneliness, IPA Asia-Pacific Conference 2023, 2023.01.
5. 加藤隆弘, Establishing the reverse-translational research system to clarify the dynamic roles of human microglia:From minocycline RCT trial to blood -induced microglia-like (iMG) cells, 第26回グリア研究会(The 26th Annual Meeting of the Japan Glia), Symposium:The role of microglia in neuropsychiatric disorders, 2022.12.
6. Kato TA, Hikikomori (pathological social withdrawal) especially focusing on COVID-19, The first online symposium of the East Asian Academy of Cultural Psychiatry (EAACP), 2022.11.
7. Kato TA, Hikikomori in Japan and worldwide, 1st KJYPA Conference Online, 2022.10.
8. Kato TA, Considering appropriate prescribing actions based on the findings of REAP study, 22nd WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, 2022.08.
9. Kato TA, Hikikomori and group therapy. Symposium: Culture Bound? Groups for Hikikomori, diaster-relief, and isolated mothers in Japan, IAGP2022, 2022.07.
10. Kato TA, Hikikomori e Modern-Type Depression, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Speromentale facoltà di Medicina a Chirugia Cattedra di Psichiatria, 2022.07.
11. Kato TA, Pathological social withdrawal-Hikikomori Assessments and Intervensions, Seminar organized by Prof. Jennifer Lau in psychology King’s College London, 2022.07.
12. Kato TA, COVID-19 and pathological social withdrawal - Hikikomori, Hikikomori in the pandemic at an international webinar, University of Siena, Italy, 2022.05.
13. Kato TA, “Elderly in the city” (organizer) , WPA Urban Mental Health Section Webinar Workshop, 2022.02.
14. Kato TA, Hikikomori in Japan and Worldwide, Italian Seminar for Hikikomori Research and Clinical Practice, School of Human Health Sciences, University of Florence, 2022.02.
15. Kato TA, Pathological social withdrawal as a novel global mental health issue especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. ( Hikikomori and COVID19 Pandemic), 26th Annual Adolescent Days, 2021.12.
16. Kato TA, Understanding and Treating Hikikomori (Pathological Social Withdrawal), Conférence lors du Psychiatrie & Psychothérapie Update Refresher, SWISSTECH EPFL, Lausanne-Ecublens, 2021.12.
17. Kato TA, Human blood-induced microglia-like (iMG) cells as a reverse translational research tool to clarify mind-brain-body interactions, 7th Congress of ASCNP 2021, Symposium 4: How do microglia contribute to psychiatric disorders? – Immunological crosstalk between mind and body, 2021.10.
18. Kato TA, Forced social isolation due to COVID-19 and the forthcoming mental health crisis in urban cities in Japan, 21st WPA (World Congress of Psychiatry), Symposium : Urban life, social isolation and psychopathology in the COVID-19 era, WPA Section on Urban Mental Health, 2021.10.
19. Kato TA, Setoyama D, Kang D, Kanba S, Proposing a Novel Metabolomic Analysis using Free Form of Plasma Metabolites as More Specific Biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorders, ACNP 58th Annual Meeting, 2019.12.
20. Kato TA, Hikikomori in Japan and worldwide:Multidimensional Assessment and Intervention, AsCNP-ASEAN Pre-Congress Meeting of Neuropsychopharmacology: Bridging Research Collaboration between AsCNP and ASEAN Region in Psychiatric Field, 2019.10.
21. Kato TA, Ohgidani M, Setoyama D, Kang D, Kanba S, Human blood-based microglia monitoring system as a novel translational research tool for psychiatric disorders , 6th Congress of AsCNP Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology Symposium:Glia-Psycho-Pathology: Findings from Rodent Models to Human Subjects, 2019.10.
22. Kato TA, Shinfuku N, Kanba S, REAP case-vignette survey (REAP-CV) for clarifying psychiatrists’ decision-making process of therapeutic choice: International comparison analysis , 6th Congress of AsCNP Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology  Symposium: New development of Research in Asian Psychotropic Drug Prescription (REAP), 2019.10.
23. Katsuki R, Kubo H, Kanba S, Kato TA, Development of the 22-item Tarumi’s Modern-Type Depression Trait Scale: Avoidance of Social Roles, Complaint, and Low Self-Esteem(TACS-22), The 20th Korea Japan Young Psychiatrists’ Conference, 2019.09.
24. Kubo H, Urata H, Kuroki T, Kanba S, Kato TA, Development of 5-day hikikomori intervention program for family members: A single-arm trial, The 20th Korea Japan Young Psychiatrists’ Conference, 2019.09.
25. Kato TA, Kanba S, Teo AR, Defining pathological social withdrawal: A proposal for diagnostic criteria of hikikomori., 19th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP) Free Communication Session - AFFECTIVE AND OTHER NON-PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS, 2019.08.
26. Kato TA, Shinfuku N, Teo AR, Kanba S, Rural urban migration, social isolation and Impact on mental health., 19th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP) Scientific Session: MENTAL HEALTH IN URBAN LIVING (SYMPOSIUM), 2019.08.
27. Kato TA, Bio-psycho-social understanding of hikikomori and modern-type depression in Japan, Osakidetza (Servicio Vasco de Salud/Basque Health System), 2019.08.
28. Kato TA, Hikikomori and Modern-Type Depression in Japan: Assessment and Intervention, Special Lecture :The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, 2019.08.
29. Kato TA, Ohgidani M, Kanba S, Microglia-focused neuropsychiatric translational research using human bloods; dynamic cellular analysis using induced microglia-like (iMG)cells and various plasma analysis., Neuro 2019 Symposium: Roles of epigenetics and inflammation in mental illness, 2019.07.
30. Sagata N, Kato TA, Why do we need translational research of psychiatric disorders using human directly induced (iN) cells?., Neuro 2019 Symposium: Interpretation of human brain mechanisms and drug discovery using leading-edge stem cell technologies, 2019.07.
31. Kato TA, Hikikomori-Multidimensional understanding, assessment and therapeutic approach in Japan, Strength-based Youth Work Conference, 2019.06.
32. Kato TA, Does internet assist hikikomori-like behaviors based on the urban boundless society? , 6th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA 2019) Symposium18 Internet addiction and interpersonal relations: connectedness and severe social withdrawal, hikikomori, 2019.06.
33. Kato TA, Hikikomori in Japan and worldwide, International workshop about hikikomori “Hikikomori and Social isolation in our society; how to treat and intervene the modern psychopathology”, 2019.01.
34. Kato TA, Ohgidani M, Kanba S, Microglia-focused neuropsychiatric translational research using human bloods; dynamic cellular analysis using induced microglia-like (iMG) cells from human mon.ocytes and various plasma analysis., Cold Spring Harbor Asia (CSHA) "Novel Insights into Glia Function & Dysfunction", 2018.12.
35. Kato TA, Kuwano N, Mitsuhashi M, Kanba S, Can Neuron-Related Blood Proteins, indicating the Levels of Neuron-Derived Exosomes (NDE), become an Objective Evaluation Tool for Depression?, 57th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), 2018.12.
36. Kato TA, Case report of a hikikomori “adultolescent” who were born between Japanese father and Korean mother, 16th Symposium of the East Asian Academy of Cultural Psychiatry “Mental Health Issues on Refugees and Foreigners”, 2018.11.
37. Kato TA, Approaching to the concept of IGD using the schema of Hikikomori , 2018 International conference on Internet gaming disorder ‘Janus Faces of Internet Gaming Disorder’, 2018.11.
38. Kato TA, The multidimensional anatomy of "modern-type depression" in Japan, Autumn Congress of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (KNPA) 2018 KJYPA Symposium, 2018.10.
39. Teo AR, Kato TA, Winston W Shen WW, How to get your research in psychiatry published: Skills for the academic psychiatrist, 18th International Congress of Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists and 5th Myanmar Mental Health Conference, 2018.10.
40. Kato TA, Kuwano N, Setoyama D, Kang D, Kanba S, Objective blood biomarkers of depression focusing on tryptophan-kynurenine pathway, 第15回国際トリプトファン学術集会(ISTRY2018) , 2018.09.
41. Kato TA, Blood inflammatory biomarkers of depression and hikikomori focusing on microglia, 3rd Global Conference of Biological Psychiatry  Special Lecture, 2018.08.
42. Kato TA, Pilot analysis of REAP case-vignette survey (REAP-CV) for clarifying psychiatrists' decision-making process of therapeutic choice, 3rd Global Conference of Biological Psychiatry  REAP Symposium, 2018.08.
43. Kato TA, Directly-induced neuronal/microglial cells for psychiatric translational research, Pan-Asia Symposium on the Genetics of Brain Disorders, 2018.07.
44. Katsuki R, Inoue A, Kanba S, Kato TA, The Rorschach test and Hikikomori: A case control study, 2回国際思春期青年期精神医学・心理学会アジア地区大会(第31回日本思春期青年期精神医学会年次大会), 2018.06.
45. Kato TA, Multidimensional anatomy of hikikomori, a severe social withdrawal, Annual Meeting of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2018 KJYPA Symposium, 2018.04.
46. Suzuki H, Ohgidani M, Kato TA, Korek M,Mimura M, Onaya M, Lorin de la Grandmaison G, Chrétien N, Morphological Study of Human Microglia in Suicidal Patients with Possible Depression Using 3D Reconstruction Techniques, Annual Meeting of European Psychiatric Association, 2018.03.
47. Kato TA, Shinfuku N, Hayakawa K, Kubo H, Sartorius N, Kanba S, Proposing a REAP case-vignette survey to clarify psychiatrists' decision-making process of therapeutic choice for persons with mental illness. Symposium: Past and future of Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Pattern (REAP), 44th Annual Convention of the Philippines Psychiatric Association (PPA) & Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations AFPA, 2018.01.
48. Kato TA, Ohgidani M, Hosoi M, Kanba S, Translational Research Using Human Blood Directly Induced Microglia-Like (iMG) cells; over Gene Expression and Production of TNF- after ATP Stimulation in iMG Cells from Patients with Fibromyalgia, ACNP 56th Annual Meeting, 2017.12.
49. Kato TA, Hikikomori/Hidden Youth Definition, Hikikomori-Hidden Youth Syndrome Symposium, 2017.11.
50. Katsuki R, Inoue A, Kato TA, Kanba S, Rorschach test and hikikomori: a case-control pilot study, The 18th Korea Japan Young Psychiatrists’ Conference, 2017.09.
51. Kubo H, Katsuki R, Kato TA, Kanba S, MHFA-oriented 2-hour educational program for early intervention in depression among office workers in Japan, The 18th Korea Japan Young Psychiatrists' Conference, 2017.09.
52. Kato TA, Translational research of Depression focusing on microglial inflammation hypothesis using human peripheral blood, Interstellar Research Meeting in Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), 2017.06.
53. Kato TA, Course of psychoanalytic treatment for a woman with hikikomori/social withdrawal living alone: Working through early trauma of parental abandonment and its concealment by adoptive parents, Case Presentation, IPA (International Psychoanalytical Association) ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE – Taipei, 2017.05.
54. Kato TA, Proposing the REAP Vignette-base survey among Asian psychiatrists, 5th Congress of Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP) Symposium “REAP study”, 2017.04.
55. Kato TA, Digging Up the Unconscious Roles of Microglia Using Minocycline-Pharmacological Trials, 5th Congress of Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP) Symposium “ Microglial pathophysiology in psychiatric disorders from animal studies to human translational studies”, 2017.04.
56. Ohgidani M, Kato TA, Psychiatric Translational Research Using Human Blood-induced Microglial (iMG) Cells, 5th Congress of Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP) Symposium “Microglial pathophysiology in psychiatric disorders from animal studies to human translational studies”, 2017.04.
57. Kato TA, Do human plasma metabolites predict severity of depression and suicidal ideation?, 5th Congress of Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP) Symposium “Biomarker research for pathophysiology and treatment effect of affective disorders”, 2017.04.
58. Kato TA, Social withdrawal in Japan ("hikikomori"): A bio-cultural analysis. , MIDJA/MIDUS Meeting, 2017.04.
59. Kato TA, Nakagami Y, Sakai T, Kubo H, Katsuki R, Kanba S, Development of a 2-hour suicide prevention program for medical staff including nurses and medical residents: a two-center pilot trial, KNPA Seoul, 2017.04.
60. Ohgidani M, Kato TA, Hosoi M, Tsuda M, Hayakawa K, Hayaki C, Iwaki R, Hashimoto R, Inoue K, Sudo N, Kanba S, Fibromyalgia and microglial TNF-α: Translational research using human blood induced microglia-like cells, Neuroscience 2016, 2016.11.
61. Kato TA, Kubo H, Nakagami Y, Sakai T, Hayakawa K, Katsuki R, Suzuki Y, Fujisawa D, Otsuka K, Kanba S, MHFA-based suicide intervention program for medical professionals. Symposium “Advancing suicide prevention through partnership: engaging community, family, and health care providers in the Pacific Rim”, 17th Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (PRCP) Scientific Meeting, 2016.11.
62. Kato TA, Hayakawa K, Kubo H, Shinfuku N, Sartorius N, Kanba S, Proposal-REAP case-vignette survey to clarify psychiatrists’ decision-making process of therapeutic choice, 40th Anniversary of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital International Symposium on Psychiatry, 2016.11.
63. Kato TA, Ohgidani M, Sato-Kasai M, Setoyama D, Kang D, Kanba S, Psychiatric translational research focusing on microglial inflammation hypothesis using peripheral blood, Joint Symposium (ARO x Academia Sinica) , 2016.10.
64. Ohgidani M, Kato TA, Hosoi M, Tsuda M, Hayakawa K, Sudo N, Kanba S, Translational Research of Chronic Pain Patients Using Human Blood-induced Microglia-like (iMG) Cells, 30th CINP World Congress of Nueropsychopharmacology, 2016.06.
65. Ohgidani M, Kato TA, Kanba S, TNF-α form Hippocampal Microglia Induces Working Memory Deficits by Acute Stress in mice, 30th CINP World Congress of Nueropsychopharmacology, 2016.06.
66. Kato TA, Kanba S, Introducing Japan’s hikikomori. Workshop "Social Withdrawal in Modern Society: An Emerging Cultural Concept of Distress in East Asia” , American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting 2016, 2016.05.
67. Kato TA, Ohgidani M, Watabe M, Kanba S, Psychiatric translational research using blood induced microglia-like (iMG) cells and minocycline-pharmacological trials, Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (KNPA) Spring Congress, 2016.04.
68. KatoTA, Microglia hypothesis of neuropsychiatric disorders from schizophrenia to dementia - translational research, Kyudai Oral Bioscience 2016, 2016.02.