Yu Shirai, MD
Psychiatry
Profile
He has been working at Yotsuya Yui Clinic for mental health treatment for English and Portuguese speaking patients. He has been treating a wide range of patients from neurodevelopmental disorders to dementia in children. He has been sharing her knowledge of mental health through Diversity Clinic (www.diversity.clinic).
Education
M.D., Kanazawa University
Place of Practice
Yotsuya Yui Clinic, Japan
Qualification and Affiliations
Psychiatry specialist, Japan
Reviewed Symptoms
Accidental alcohol intake
Alcoholism
Always nervous
Anxiety
Bad mood
Can't control drinking alcohol
Change in mood or alertness
Concentration is worsening
Constantly in fear of the next panic attack
Craving alcohol
Currently on antidepressants
Daydreaming
Decrease in Ambition / Motivation
Difficulty gathering thoughts
Don't need to sleep
Dressing and behaviour have become sloppy
Drug abuse affecting social life and finances.
Drug abuse with loss of restraint
Drug withdrawal symptoms
Easily irritable
Elated mood
Excessive spending
Family history of mental illness
Family history of suicide
Fear of germs
Fear of needles
Feel I am special or powerful
Feel like I need to keep talking
Feel like somebody is targeting me
Feel uncomfortable without alcohol
Feel uneasy and restless
Feeling detached from myself
Feeling disconnected from reality
Feeling down
Feeling extremely happy
Feeling more sensitive or irritable
Feelings of grief
Feelings of guilt
Feelings of hopelessness
Feelings of jealousy
Flashbacks or "blackouts" due to drug use
Flight of ideas
Frequent feelings of guilt or worthlessness
Frustration / Restlessness
Guilty about drug abuse
Hallucinations
Hard to control drinking alcohol
Hard to cut down drug use
Hearing things
History of hypomanic or manic episodes
History of overdose
History of teenage delinquency or school refusal
Hypomania or mania preceding a depressive episode
Indecisiveness
Insomnia
Lack of inhibitions
Less interest or pleasure in activities
Libido (sex drive) is higher than usual
Loss of interest in hobbies or going out
Loss of self-confidence
Lost interest in your surroundings (e.g. people, society)
Messy hair
Mixed manic and depressive features
Mood swings
More restless than usual affecting speech and actions
Multiple major life evcents
No deep sleep
Number phobia
Obsessive and compulsive thoughts
Out-of-body experience
Persistent, repeated actions
Personality change
Problems associated with drug abuse
Racing thoughts
Repeated behaviors due to unwanted thoughts and fears
Self-harm / Wrist-cutting
Short tempered
Strange behaviour
Tend to do socially unacceptable things
Verbal or physical outbursts for minor things
Worried about body odor
Reviewed Diseases
Adjustment disorder
Alcohol dependence / delirium tremens
Anorexia nervosa / bulimia nervosa
Anxiety Disease
Bipolar disorder
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Depression
Depressive
Night terrors
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychogenic polydipsia
Psychosomatic disorder
Schizophrenia
Sleep deprivation
Sleep disorder
Social anxiety disorder