Masahito

Masahito Fushimi was appointed as the director and professor at the Akita University Health Center on 1 April 2016. He had worked as a psychiatrist. He also served as a counsellor at the Akita Occupational Health Promotion Center. His main areas of interest in this field are mental health promotion, occupational stress management, and suicide prevention. His studies aimed to provide a new understanding of the impact of stress on psychological and psychiatric aspects. His research has been published in several scientific journals. He has worked with multidisciplinary clinicians and researchers to help prevent suicide through education. He has also participated in research projects developed in Japan to investigate suicidal behaviours. In addition, he has contributed chapters to several psychiatric books and written papers on suicidal behaviour published in English and Japanese.