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Disaster and Community Psychiatry Lab
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The lab studies mental health care during disasters and suicide prevention.
AboutAbout the lab
Researching mental health support, both during disasters and in ordinary times
The Disaster and Community Psychiatry Lab is a department that studies mental health care during disasters, suicide prevention, and related topics.
In ordinary times, its members work in psychiatric care in Ibaraki Prefecture (psychiatric emergency care and consultation-liaison psychiatry). During disasters, they take part in disaster mental health, medical care, and welfare, including through DPAT.
The lab studies the mental health of disaster survivors and responders, suicide prevention, and the mental health of older adults and university students.
It took over the Department of Disaster Psychiatric Support, which was established in 2013, and was founded in 2015 as an endowed department funded by Ibaraki Prefecture.
Key terms
- DPAT
- A specialist team (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) that provides mental health care during disasters. This lab is also involved in its education and training.
- Gatekeeper
- A person who notices signs of suicide risk, speaks to the person, and connects them to support. This lab studies scales that measure the effectiveness of gatekeeper training.
- Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions
- A national fundamental statistical survey. The lab uses its data to analyze the lifestyle habits and other aspects of older adults.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab carries out activities, education, and research on disaster psychiatry, suicide prevention, and related areas. It investigates the mental health of survivors and responders after disasters, suicide prevention, and the mental health of older adults and students.
*Illustrative imageMental health care during and after disasters
The lab studies how natural disasters, including the Great East Japan Earthquake, affect the psychology of survivors, mainly through resident surveys. It also examines post-flood surveys conducted with Joso City, support for responders based on experience deployed as DPAT, and the effects of COVID-19 and support related to it.
*Illustrative imageSuicide prevention
The lab works on suicide prevention in cooperation with a range of medical institutions, research institutions, and academic societies.
*Illustrative imageTraining gatekeepers for suicide prevention
The lab develops psychological scales to measure the effectiveness of suicide prevention gatekeeper training, and researches and develops more effective training methods.
*Illustrative imageMental health and living environments of older adults
The lab analyzes data from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions and vital statistics to clarify how lifestyle habits and environmental factors relate to the mental health of older adults.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Disaster and Community Psychiatry Lab are Professors, affiliated faculty, Lecturers, Project Lecturers, research collaborators, visiting researchers, graduate students, research students, researchers, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorSho Takahashi
- LecturerYuki Shiratori
- LecturerNoriko Sodeyama
- Project LecturerHaruhiko Midorikawa
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “DRU – Disaster Relief Unit (2014)” Nina Bazza / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Mental health care during and after disasters: “Evacuation center at the compound of the Old Tanauan City Hall following the eruption of Taal Volcano on January 17, 2020” PNA photo by Joey O. Razon / Public domain (cropped)
- Suicide prevention: “Suicide prevention sign on the Golden Gate Bridge 2” Guillaume Paumier / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Training gatekeepers for suicide prevention: “W4DE Twi Community Leadership Training 76” Owula kpakpo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Mental health and living environments of older adults: “Elderly Woman Resting in a Himalayan Village Field” SkandalicznyOrzeszek / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Lab): “Bruce Woodbury Beltway Medical Incident 5” Noah Wulf / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Community Medicine Education Lab): “Binga rural clinic” Sisase / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Pediatric Environmental Medicine Lab): “Children playing outdoors” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Clinical Trials and Clinical Epidemiology Lab): “FP111 A4 medical record file (UK)” Whispyhistory / CC0 (cropped)
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