Scientific Program
Keynote Lecture
Urbanization and mental health
Professor Norman Sartorius
President, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs
AFPA President Lecture
Asian Mental Health Perspective in the Digital Era (tentative)
Dr. Andi Tanra
AFPA President
WCAP2026 President Lecture
Hikikomori in the Urban Digital Era: A Psychodynamic, Transdiagnostic Model and Multimodal Interventions
Takahiro A. Kato, MD, PhD
WCAP2026 President, Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Special Lecture1
AFPA: How it started, what it achieved and where it will go?
Shinfuku Naotaka, MD, PhD
Kobe University Emeritus
Special Lecture2
The Bio-Psycho-Social Model of Mental Disorders: Its Current Understanding
Shigenobu Kanba, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University
Special Lecture3
To Be Announced.
Special Lecture4
GEO-PSYCHIATRY, CLIMATE CHANGE & MENTAL HEALTH: EMERGING NEW DISCIPLINES IN PSYCHIATRY
Dr. Afzal Javed
Pakistan Psychiatric Research Centre
Special Lecture5
WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
Professor Helen Herrman
The University of Melbourne
Special Lecture6
Treatment strategy for OCD/Hoarding Disorder based on recent neuroimaging findings
Tomohiro Nakao, MD, PhD
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
Special Lecture7
Intervention using humanoid robot for individuals with autism spectrum disorders
Dr. Hirokazu Kumazaki
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
Special Lecture8
To Be Announced.
Special Lecture9
To Be Announced.
Special Lecture10
Perspectives for Navigating the Near-Future Challenges in Psychiatry
Dr. Toshiya Murai
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
Special Lecture11
Deepening Schizophrenia Research through AI and Neuroimaging
Dr. Hidehiko Takahashi
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo / Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Brain Integration Research, Institute of Science Tokyo
Special Lecture12
Emerging Neuropsychopharmacology based on the link between basic and clinical sciences
Dr. Kazutaka Ikeda
Chair, Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry / Project Leader, Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Special Lecture13
To Be Announced.