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Cognitive Behavioral Science Lab (United Graduate School of Child Development, Chiba Campus)
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The lab takes on mental health problems in both children and adults through cognitive behavioral therapy.
AboutAbout the lab
Supporting mental health through cognitive behavioral therapy.
The Cognitive Behavioral Science Lab conducts education and research in three areas: cognitive behavioral therapy, mental health support, and cognitive behavioral neuroscience.
Drawing on medicine, psychology, and education, the lab aims to train researchers who study the development of the mind and brain in children and its disorders.
As the Chiba campus of the United Graduate School of Child Development, the lab is based at the Research Center for Child Mental Development.
The lab admits students at the doctoral level.
Key terms
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- A psychotherapy proven effective for a wide range of mental health problems and the most strongly recommended internationally. Often abbreviated as CBT
- Social anxiety disorder
- A mental disorder in which strong anxiety and tension arise in interpersonal and social situations, and avoiding those situations seriously disrupts daily life
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- A mental disorder in which obsessions and compulsive behaviors, such as hand washing or checking, performed to relieve the resulting anxiety are repeated, seriously disrupting daily life
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts research in three areas: clinical practice and skills in cognitive behavioral therapy, its use in mental health support and preventive education in schools, and understanding the mind from a brain science perspective and clarifying the mechanisms of treatment. It targets a wide range of mental health problems, from children to adults.
Testing the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy
The lab continues clinical trials, jointly with other universities, of a program to help people with autism understand themselves (ACAT). It also tests the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, including methods delivered by video conference or online. In this area, the lab also runs a training course (Chiba-IAPT) for therapists who can deliver cognitive behavioral therapy.
Preventive education programs for schools
The lab has developed a preventive education program based on cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety, called "Yusha no Tabi" (The Hero's Journey). It works with boards of education and elementary, junior high, and high schools to test its effects and put it into practice in society. The lab is also researching a web-based stress check for children and an app for people in a pre-disease state who show symptoms of mental distress.
Exploring how treatment works through brain imaging
Using functional MRI, structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and other methods, the lab studies the brain changes that occur in eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on neural circuits. It also takes part in joint brain imaging studies in Japan and abroad.
Investigating students' mental health problems
Prof. Otani conducts survey research to clarify the mental health problems and characteristics of students, using the results of mental health interviews given during health checkups, together with the results of various tests and structured interviews.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorEiji Shimizu
- ProfessorYoshiyuki Hirano
- ProfessorToshiyuki Otani
- ProfessorFumiyo Oshima
- LecturerYuko Urai
- Assistant ProfessorYoichi Seki
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