Zui C. Narita, MD, PhD, MHS

Dr. Narita is the Chief of the Mental Function Research Section at the NIMH Japan. Dr. Narita has a broad background in clinical neuroscience and is board-certified in psychiatry. He has specific expertise in psychiatric epidemiology, clinical trials, and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Dr. Narita was trained in the prestigious schools, Johns Hopkins and Stanford, resulting in his burst of publications. He has published significant articles in leading journals such as The Lancet Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Psychological Medicine. He has contributed book chapters to notable textbooks, including Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression Road to Novel Therapeutics (Academic Press) and Tasman's Psychiatry Fifth Edition (Springer). Also, Dr. Narita translated Systematic Psychiatric Evaluation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Applying The Perspectives of Psychiatry into Japanese. In 2019, Dr. Narita was invited to the Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators as one of the 50 psychiatrists selected by the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Narita also serves on the editorial board of Asian Journal of Psychiatry.


Awards

Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, American Psychiatric Association

Graduate Student Conference Travel Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Editorial Board

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Newest Paper in Lancet Psychiatry

Narita ZC*, Furukawa TA. Misuse of Prediction Models in Psychiatric Research. Lancet Psychiatry (Epub ahead of print).

 

This paper examines the misuse of prediction models in psychiatric research and explores other approaches for appropriate causal inference. The word file is freely available via the button below. Permission has been obtained from The Lancet Psychiatry for sharing this word file.

 

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Other Selected Publications

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Narita Z*, Ando S, Yamasaki S, Miyashita M, DeVylder J, Yamaguchi S, Hosozawa M, Nakanishi M, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M, Furukawa TA, Kasai K, Nishida A. Association of Problematic Internet Use with Psychotic Experiences and Depression in Adolescents: A Cohort Study. Schizophr Bull (Epub ahead of print).

 

Narita Z*, Shinozaki T, Goto A, Hori H, Kim Y, Wilcox HC, Inoue M, Tsugane S, Sawada N. Time-varying living arrangements and suicide death in the general population sample: 14-year causal survival analysis via pooled logistic regression. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2024. 23;33:e30.

 

Narita Z, Hidese S, Kanehara R, Tachimori H, Hori H, Kim Y, Kunugi H, Arima K, Mizukami S, Tanno K, Takanashi N, Yamagishi K, Muraki I, Yasuda N, Saito I, Maruyama K, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Inoue M, Tsugane S, Sawada N. Association of sugary drinks, carbonated beverages, vegetable and fruit juices, sweetened and black coffee, and green tea with subsequent depression: a five-year cohort study. Clin Nutr. 2024;43(6):1395-1404.

 

Narita Z*, DeVylder J, Yamasaki S, Ando S, Endo K, Miyashita M, Yamaguchi S, Usami S, Stanyon D, Knowles G, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M, Furukawa TA, Nishida A. Uncovering associations between gender nonconformity, psychosocial factors, and mental health in adolescents: a birth cohort study. Psychol Med. 2024;54(5):921-930.

 

Narita Z, Nozaki S, Shikimoto R, Hori H, Kim Y, Mimura M, Tsugane S, Sawada N. Association between vegetable, fruit, and flavonoid-rich fruit consumption in midlife and major depressive disorder in later life: the JPHC Saku Mental Health Study. Transl Psychiatry. 2022;12;412.

 

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Book Chapter

 

Tasman’s Psychiatry Fifth Edition.

Berlin: Springer. 2023.

Chapter 128: Medications for Anxiety Disorders

 

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Book Chapter

 

Managing treatment-resistant depression Road to Novel Therapeutics.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press Books-Elsevier. 2022.

Chapter 17: Transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression.

 

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Peer Review

JAMA Psychiatry

American Journal of Psychiatry

British Journal of Psychiatry

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

JAMA Network Open

Chemosphere

Schizophrenia Research

European Psychiatry

Journal of Affective Disorders

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry

CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics

BMJ Open

Death Studies

Frontiers in Psychiatry 

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

PLoS ONE

Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Psychiatry Research Case Reports

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences reports

Contacts

Email: zuinarita(a)ncnp.go.jp

X: @ZuiCNarita