Ono, Shin
Sugai, Takuro
Suzuki, Yutaro
Yamazaki, Manabu
Shimoda, Kazutaka
Mori, Takao
Ozeki, Yuji
Matsuda, Hiroshi
Sugawara, Norio
Yasui-Furukori, Norio
Okamoto, Kurefu
Sagae, Toyoaki
Someya, Toshiyuki
Article History
Received: 20 December 2017
Accepted: 23 May 2018
First Online: 8 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participants provided written consent prior to all study procedures. This research was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Japan Psychiatric Hospitals Association, Tokyo, Japan, and conforms to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Toshiyuki Someya has received research support or honoraria from Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp., Astellas Pharma Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd., Eisai Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., GlaxoSmithKline K.K., Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Meiji Seika Pharma Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co. Ltd., Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., MSD K.K., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Pfizer Japan Inc., Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Tsumura & Co., and Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries. Yutaro Suzuki has received research support or honoraria from Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co. Ltd., and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Kazutaka Shimoda has received research support or honoraria from Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd., Eisai Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., GlaxoSmithKline K.K., Meiji Seika Pharma Co. Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Pfizer Japan Inc., Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tsumura & Co., Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Astellas Pharma Inc., Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Kowa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation Ltd., MSD K.K., Novartis Pharma K.K., and Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Norio Yasui-Furukori has received research support or honoraria from Astellas Pharma Inc., Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., GlaxoSmithKline K.K., Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., MSD K.K., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Pfizer Japan Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., and Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries. Norio Sugawara has received grant or research support from a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan Grant B., a Karoji Memorial Fund for Medical Research Grant, and The Senshin Medical Research Foundation. Shin Ono has received grant or research support from the Hospitals Bureau Niigata Prefecture Government and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C). There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. The other authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.
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