DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

    In 2008, Dokkyo Medical University changed the name of the Department of Psychiatry at Koshigaya Hospital from “Seishinka” to “Kokorono Shinryoka”, which literally means the “Department of Mental Health”. The new address implies that our Department deals with not only severe mental disorders, but also mild ones, including clinically subthreshold mental dysfunctions. Since then, our Department has treated a wide range of clinical categories. They include not only conventional and psychotic categories, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression, but also recently increasing, non-psychotic categories, such as mild depression, dysthymia, adjustment disorder, anxiety disorder and so on. Moreover, we have accepted cases with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism-spectrum disorder and attention-deficit hyperactive disorder. Furthermore, cases with rare genetic conditions like Prader-Willi syndrome have been referred to our Department, for the management of their behavioral and psychological symptoms. The number of outpatients visiting our Department has increased dramatically, in 2019 there were more than six times as many patients as there was in 2007.
      When it comes to research, a wide range of clinical studies have been conducted, including neuropsychology, psychopathology (philosophy of psychiatry), psychiatric ethics, child psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. Behavioral and psychological aspects of Prader-Willi syndrome have been intensively studied as a series of clinical research, which has produced six doctoral degree holders.
      The number of department staff has increased, from only two (one psychiatrist and one psychologist) in 2008 to around 15 members including part-time doctors in 2022. In 2020 our Department was designated as one of the main facilities for post-graduate education in psychiatry by the Japan Medical Specialty Board and the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. So far, we have accepted a few trainee psychiatrists every year. Whilst the history of our Department is short, we are proud of our accomplishments, having fostered a number of full-fledged psychiatrists and supplied clinical human resources to communities.

1.Medical Care

• Common mental disorders: depression, anxiety disorder, sleep disorder, obsessive-compulsive, and adjustment disorder
• Neurodevelopmental disorders: autism-spectrum disorders, attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
• Intellectual disabilities: Prader-Willi syndrome, and other miscellaneous intellectual disabilities
• Mental disorders in consultation-liaison psychiatry: delirium, depression, anxiety and other mental disorders associated with physical illnesses including cancers.
• Mental disorders in geriatric psychiatry: delirium, depression, anxiety and other mental disorders associated with dementias
• Mental health assessment for individuals in transplantation medicine: donors and recipients of kidney transplantation and those of liver transplantation
• Mental disorders in emergency medicine: delirium, depression, anxiety and other mental disorders in suicide attempters and those with other acute physical disorders associated with intensive care




2. Education
     

Our Department has its own program for post-graduate education in psychiatry approved by the Japan Medical Specialty Board and the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. So far, we have been accepting a few trainee psychiatrists every year.

 
Psychiatry residents

School of nursing

We conduct research across a wide range of areas relating to psychiatry,
Including:

• Behavioral and psychological symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome
• Psychometric profiles of junior and senior high school students with refusal to attend school
• Psychiatric characteristics of suicide attempters admitted to an emergency room

The Japanese society of Psychiatry and Neurology
Japanese Society of Mood Disorders
Japanese Society of General Hospital Psychiatry
The Japanese Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dokkyo Medical Society

Head/Professor IHARA Hiroshi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) SAIMA Souhei, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor NAKANE Erina, MD
Assistant Professor KONDO Chuuichi, MD
Assistant Professor EBATA Takuya, MD
Assistant Professor  NAGAYAMA Yuki, MD
Senior Resident   AKAMATSU Naoya, MD
Senior Resident   OKADA Tetsurou, MD
Senior Resident  YOSHIDA Yuriko, MD
Senior Resident  NAGATA Kidai, MD
Certified Public Psychologist OGATA Hiroyuki, MA, PhD
Adjunct Lecturer TANAKA Shinichiro, MD, PhD
Adjunct Lecturer GITO Masao, MD, PhD
Adjunct Doctor SATO Keigo, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center
2-1-50 Minamai-Koshigaya, Koshigaya Saitama 343-8555 Japan