Dr. Naoko Miyaji is a renowned psychiatrist and author based in Japan, with over three decades of clinical experience. She has published numerous books on mental health, human resilience, and spiritual healing. Her unique perspective bridges Western psychiatry with Eastern philosophy, offering a deeply compassionate approach to suffering and recovery.
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Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, where she received her M.D. in 1986 and Ph.D. (public health and social medicine) in 1993.
A Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard medical School form 1989 to 1990 and a Visiting Fellow at the Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School from 1990 to 1992.
Also a Fulbright fellow at Harvard University and Cambridge Health Alliance (Victims of Violence Program) from 2007 to 2008.
Published more than 10 books, edited 3 books and written numerous articles on trauma in Japanese.
On the editorial board of the journal of Japanese Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Clinically, as a psychiatrist, I support trauma sufferers' recovery, especially from sexual and domestic violence. Also work closely with people recovering from drug and other addictions. I have given numerous lectures, training workshops, supervisions on these topics.
My current research project is "Interaction of trauma and gender: psychopathology, deviation and creativity."
English articles include,
Miyaji, N. "A New Metaphor for Speaking of Trauma - The Toroidal Island Model", Violence and Victims, 29(1), pp.137-151, 2014
Miyaji, N. "Shifting identities and transcultural psychiatry", Transcultural Psychiatry, 39(2), pp.173-195, 2002
Other activities:
1993 Physician and public health specialist in the Association of Medical Doctors for Asia Health Project in Somalian refugee camps in Djibouti
1993-2001 Director of the AMDA International Medical Information Center Kansai
2001-2004 Committee member for the national and municipal governments in Japan on domestic violence policies
2005-2008 JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) advisor for the Project Strengthening Integrated Health Care for the Population Affected by Violence and Human Rights Violation in the Republic of Peru
2013-2014 Committee member for the National Police Department on crimes of stalking
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