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Prof. KANEKO Hitoshi
Professor, Psychological Support and Research Center for Human Development, Nagoya University
I am a professor at the Nagoya University Psychological Support & Research Center for Human Development, and I specialise in clinical psychology. I am affiliated with Nagoya University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, and I have provided lectures and seminars regarding clinical practice for training candidates for the role of clinical psychologist. My research has focused on identification of psychosocial risk factors for mental health problems among pregnant and postnatal mothers, especially the emotional bonding disturbances between mother and infant. My second focus is the cross-cultural study of mental health problems among adolescents. I have worked as an original member of the Eurasian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Study group (ECAMHS), an international collaboration study group started in 2016, now renamed the Global Child and Adolescent Mental Health Study group (GCAMHS), and consisting of approximately 20 countries worldwide.
Recent Main Publications
- Mori Y, Sourander A, Mishina K, Ståhlberg T, Klomek AB, Kolaitis G, Kaneko H, Li LP, Huong MN, Praharaj SK, Kyrrestad H, Lempinen L, Heinonen E. Unmet need for mental health care among adolescents in Asia and Europe. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Early Access, 2024.
- Zhang X, Slobodskaya HR, Kaneko H. Adolescent mental health in Japan and Russia: The role of body image, bullying victimisation and school environment. International Journal of Psychology, 59(1), 64–73. 2024.
- Hamada S, Kaneko H, Ogura M, Sillanmaki L, Sourander A. Nonsuicidal self-injury risk factors among adolescents in Japan: A population-based study. Social Behavior and Personality, 49(2), 1–11. 2021.
- Nakano M, Sourander A, Luntamo T, Chudal R, Skokauskas N, Kaneko H. Early risk factors for postpartum depression: A longitudinal Japanese population -based study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 269, 148–153, 2020.
- Nakano M, Upadhyaya S, Chudal R, Skokauskas N, Luntamo T, Sourander A, Kaneko H. Risk factors for impaired maternal bonding when infants are 3 months old: a longitudinal population based study from Japan. BMC Psychiatry, 19, 87. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2068-9, 2019.