Abstracts of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society

Venue: Toshi Center Hotel (Tokyo)Date: 30 June–1 July 2006President: Professor Hiroo Kasahara (Department of Psychiatry, Jikei University School of Medicine, Kashiwa Hospital)Thema: Achievements in psychogeriatrics and its challenges in the near futureThe 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society was held in Tokyo. The program included two special lectures, three symposiums, four educational lectures, 87 oral presentations, and 44 poster presentations.In the special Lecture I entitled ‘Mild cognitive impairment: update 2006’, Professor Ronald C. Petersen presented the recent understanding of MCI not only for midstream of Alzheimer disease, but also for midstream of frontotemporal dementia or Lewy body disease. In the special Lecture II entitled ‘Adaptation depression and late life: an integrated view’, Professor Joel Sadavoy demonstrated the importance of depression in late life. Symposium I: ‘Review of 100 years of studies on Alzheimer disease and further challenges” was chaired by Professor Masaaki Matsushita and Professor Masatoshi Takeda; Symposium II: “Field study of MCI in our country” was chaired by Professor Akira Hommma and Professor Yoshio Morita; Symposium III: “Biological treatment and non‐biological intervention for dementia” was chaired by Professor Haruo Kashima and Professor Ryo Fukatsu. All three symposiums were fruitful with exciting discussions by the active audience.The next annual meeting will be held 14–18 October 2007 in Osaka, under Professor Yoshio Morita (Department of Psychiatry, Hyogo Medical School) and will be co‐organized with the 13th Congress of International Psychogeriatric Association chaired by Professor Masatoshi Takeda (Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine) and the 26th Meeting of Japanese Society for Dementia Research chaired by Professor Akira Honma (Department of Dementia Intervention, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology).