About
Hirofumi Hirakawa, MD, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Neuropsychiatry at Oita University Faculty of Medicine in Japan. Hirakawa has published extensively on topics including neurology, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders, cardiology, depression, and seizures. The work covers clinical issues such as hallucinosis related to thalamic lesions, clozapine-induced cardiac effects, medical decision-making competence in schizophrenia, depression's impact on treatment adherence, bright light therapy for negative symptoms, and pharmacological management of aggression in limbic encephalitis. Collaborations frequently include Takeshi Terao, Etsuro Matsubara, Hirotaka Mukasa, Mizuki Kudo, and Nobuyoshi Ishii.
