Letter from the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology

To Presidents of WPA Member Societies,

The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN) appreciates, if your society can disseminate the following application announcements to your young members under 40 years of age or with 10 years or less experience in psychiatry so that those who may be interested in, will not miss the deadline. We are hoping that the program will enhance the collaboration among young psychiatrists in the world.

With kindest regards and cordially yours,

Shigenobu Kanba
President of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology

Toshifumi Kishimoto
International Committee Chair, the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology

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Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Fellowship Award
Application Deadline: October 15th, 2019 (Japan time)

The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology is pleased to invite young psychiatrists from around the world -particularly Asia- to apply for the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Fellowship Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize early-career, outstanding psychiatrists and to encourage academic discussion and personal friendships with early-career Japanese psychiatrists at the 116th annual meeting of the JSPN on June 18th to 20th, 2020, in Sendai, Japan.

Award recipients will receive a waiver of meeting registration fees, accommodation, and a prize (JPY 70,000 for recipients from World Bank A and B category countries, and JPY 140,000 for those from C and D countries). Award recipients will be expected to give a presentation at one of the international sessions, the themes of which are “Mental health and work life balance of psychiatrists” and “Case Vignette (OCD)”, and attend other programs for JSPN Fellowship Award recipients. Award recipients will also be expected to participate in future JSPN Fellowship Award Alumni programs.

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# Applicants must:
1. Be psychiatrists younger than 40 years of age or with 10 years or less experience in psychiatry
2. Not be previous recipients of the JSPN Fellowship Award
3. Belong to a World Psychiatric Association member society
(To ensure broad participation from around the world, the JSPN accepts nominations from each society up to a maximum of two applicants.)

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# Meeting Information
116th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
-Date: June 18th – 20th, 2020
-Venue: Sendai International Center / Tohoku University Kawauchi Hagi Hall
-Meeting president: Hirooki Yabe（Professor, Fukushima Medical University）
-Theme: Critique on psychiatry today as a signpost for the next 10 years

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# Application Procedure
For details, please ask the applicants to visit the English website of the JSPN.
https://www.jspn.or.jp/modules/english/index.php?content_id=86

Applicants must submit through On-Line Registration System for the 116th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology.
https://reg.c-linkage.co.jp/jspn116_fellowship/mypage/

Application Deadline: October 15th, 2019 (Japan time)

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# Contact
International Committee, Secretariat of JSPN
-E-mail: jimu-kokusai@jspn.or.jp
-Postal address: Hongo-Yumicho Building, 2-38-4, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan

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