Professor MIZUNO Masafumi, MD, PhD, is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, and Director of Early Psychosis Unit ‘Il Bosco’, Toho University Omori Medical Centre.

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He completed his Visiting Professorship of neuropsychology at the University of Padua, Italy, in 1993–1995. After, he began clinical research on community-based services based on neurocognitive approaches and epidemiological studies at Keio University. Since 1995, he and his team have engaged in the Optimal Treatment Project by Prof. Ian Falloon, which is an international collaboration to assess the benefits of optimal treatment for major mental disorders.

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He served as the President of the IEPA Early Intervention in Mental Health Inc. from 2014-2016 and now serves as the President of the Japanese Society for Social Psychiatry, a Board member of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Japanese Bulletin of Social Psychiatry.

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Professor Mizuno has been conducting training and clinical research on Morita Therapy since 1999, under the supervision of Drs. Kitanishi Kenji and Nakamura Kei.  From April 2020, he started his presidency of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy with enthusiasm for the spread of Morita’s ideas as for the principle of contemporary urban life.