A multisite observational real-world study on the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression in Japan.

The objective of this study was to reveal the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for Japanese patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in clinical practice, based on real-world data from a nationwide multicenter observational study in Japan. Clinical data of patients with TRD treated with rTMS (NeuroStar TMS treatment system) under public insurance coverage were retrospectively collected from 21 institutes nationwide between June 2019 and December 2023. Depression severity was assessed by the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17).

Association between COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and generalized trust, depression, generalized anxiety, and fear of COVID-19.

Background: Although numerous studies have been published on the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, some possible predictors remain underexplored. In this study, we explored the associations of unwillingness and indecisiveness regarding COVID-19 vaccination with generalized trust, mental health conditions such as depression and generalized anxiety, and fear of COVID-19.

Methods: Data of wave 1 (from October 27 till November 6, 2020) and wave 3 (from April 23 till May 6, 2021) of a longitudinal online study conducted in Japan were used for the analyses.

Behavioral Factors Associated with COVID-19 Risk: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Japan.

Background: Behaviors to avoid infection are key to minimizing casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to avoid excessive interventions that are less effective. This study aims to identify behavioral patterns associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the real world.

Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted targeting a research panel of NTTCom Online Marketing Solutions Corporation or its affiliates.

Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia.

Introduction: Studies on autism spectrum disorder in recent years have controversially indicated similarities with schizophrenia. Cognitive dysfunction is present in both disorders, and while there is a rich array of interventions for cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, there are few such treatments for autism spectrum disorder. In this study, we have investigated a potentially useful approach in autism spectrum disorder by comparing autism spectrum disorder with schizophrenia in regard to the characteristics of cognitive dysfunction and therapeutic response to cognitive remediation therapy.

[The past and future of psychiatry and mental treatment in Japan from the standpoint of clinical psychiatry].

In the early 1950s, there was a serious shortage of hospital beds for mentally ill subjects in Japan, i.e., 30,000 in number as compared to 570,000 in the USA.

[Social phobia: east and west].

The condition corresponding to social phobia, named taijin-kyofu (taijin: in relation to people, kyofu: phobia), has been widely known since the early 1930s in Japan. As there had been few reports on social phobia in Western countries until DSM-III was introduced in 1980, taijin-kyofu had long been considered as a unique condition existing only in Japan. After DSM-III, it was realized that taijin-kyofu included two types of social phobia (SP).