Junichiro Ito

Juichiro Ito
Born1954
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materChiba University
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsNational Institute of Mental Health, Japan

Junichiro Ito (伊藤 順一郎, Itō Jun'ichirō, born 1954) is a Japanese medical researcher and a psychiatrist. He is currently the director of the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health, Japan. Ito's research interests include Assertive Community Treatment and assistance programs for socially withdrawn individuals, called hikikomori.