The mind influences the body through the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems, a relationship that can result in a number of illnesses when a person is under stress. In addition, the mind also has an effect on various physiological changes in the body. The department conducts clinical and basic research into psychosomatic disorders, focusing on physical illnesses closely related to mental stress, eating disorders, and lifestyle-related diseases. In addition to the causes and mechanisms, we also investigate the pathology of these conditions. The department endeavors to develop effective treatments and preventive measures based on these activities. The study searching for susceptibility genes for eating disorders is being conducted in our laboratory. Identifying susceptibility genes is expected to promote prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
2011/02	The section "Our research" is now under construction.
2010/11	The article by Tetsuya Ando (Division chief, Division of Stress Research) was selected as one of the top 2% of all article in the area of medicine and biology (Faculty of 1000).
2010/06/07	The 8th Lecture for Treatment of Eating Disorders 　: Aug 31 (Tue) – Sep 3 (Fri), 2010.
2010/06/07	The 7th Lecture for Nursing of Eating Disorders 　: Nov 10 (Wed) – Nov 12(Fri), 2010.
2010/06	Naoko Goto was awarded Ishikawa Memorial Prize in the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sendai, Japan, June 26-27, 2010.