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Hindi International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372
Tomoya Hirota Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Depression; Children; Adolescent; MRI, Genetics; Systems neuroscience
Department of Psychiatry Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
Biography
Hometown is Himeji, Japan College: Kobe University Medical School: Kobe university school of medicine, Japan Interests in Psychiatry: I came to the U.S. after completing adult psychiatry training in my home country in order to seek to advance my understanding of psychiatry in this country, where I would enhance my knowledge through exposure to diversity. I am particularly interested in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as clinical education. Other interests: Traveling, eating, and running. I'm still looking for good Jazz clubs in this country music city.
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Systems Neuroscience in Children and Adolescent Depression
Author(s): Tomoya Hirota, Gordana Milavi?, Fiona McNicholas, Thomas Frodl, Norbert Skokauskas
Depression is one of the most common psychological disorders in children and adolescents often presenting as a severe, chronic and recurring condition with a high risk of self-harm and suicide. Normal brain development during adolescence is necessary to put into context when investigating biology of adolescent depression. There is an uneven timeline for development going from ‘bottom up’ with the subcortical limbic areas developing firs... view more»
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