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We report the selective synthesis of 2D semiconductive coordination polymers with a (–Ag–S–)n network.

To disseminate, educate, and validate psychiatric clinical practice guidelines, the Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in Psychiatric Treatment (EGUIDE) project was launched in 2016. In this study, we investigated whether the web-based courses offered by this project would be as effective as the face-to-face courses. We analyzed and compared survey answers about overall participant satisfaction with the course and answers regarding clinical knowledge of schizophrenia and major depressive disorder between 170 participants who took the web-based courses in 2020 and 689 participants who took the face-to-face courses from 2016 to 2019. The web-based course participants completed the survey questions about satisfaction with the web-based courses. The web-based courses were conducted using a combination of web services to make it as similar as possible to the face-to-face courses. The degree of satisfaction assessed by the general evaluation of the web-based courses was higher than what was expected from the face-to-face courses. The degree of satisfaction was similar for the courses on schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. In addition, there were no significant differences in overall satisfaction and clinical knowledge between web-based and face-to-face courses. In conclusion, the web-based courses on clinical practice guidelines provided by the EGUIDE project were rated as more satisfying than the face-to-face course that the participants expected to take and no differences in the effectiveness of either course. The results suggest that, after the COVID-19 pandemic, it would be possible to disseminate this educational material more widely by adopting web-based courses additionally face-to-face courses.

The crystals of Mn4+-activated fluorides, such as those of the hexafluorometallate family, are widely known for their luminescence properties. The most commonly reported red phosphors are A2XF6: Mn4+ and BXF6: Mn4+ fluorides, where A represents alkali metal ions such as Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs; X=Ti, Si, Ge, Zr, Sn, B = Ba and Zn; and X = Si, Ge, Zr, Sn, and Ti. Their performance is heavily influenced by the local structure around dopant ions. Many well-known research organizations have focused their attention on this area in recent years. However, there has been no report on the effect of local structural symmetrization on the luminescence properties of red phosphors. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of local structural symmetrization on the polytypes of K2XF6 crystals, namely Oh-K2MnF6, C3v-K2MnF6, Oh-K2SiF6, C3v-K2SiF6, D3d-K2GeF6, and C3v-K2GeF6. These crystal formations yielded seven-atom model clusters. Discrete Variational Xα (DV-Xα) and Discrete Variational Multi Electron (DVME) were the first principles methods used to compute the Molecular orbital energies, multiplet energy levels, and Coulomb integrals of these compounds. The multiplet energies of Mn4+ doped K2XF6 crystals were qualitatively reproduced by taking lattice relaxation, Configuration Dependent Correction (CDC), and Correlation Correction (CC) into account. The 4A2g→4T2g (4F) and 4A2g→4T1g (4F) energies increased when the Mn-F bond length decreased, but the 2Eg → 4A2g energy decreased. Because of the low symmetry, the magnitude of the Coulomb integral became smaller. As a result, the decreasing trend in the R-line energy could be attributed to a decreased electron–electron repulsion.

Background Polypharmacy of additional psychotropics alongside the main treatment drug (antipsychotics in schizophrenia and antidepressants in major depressive disorder) is common in Japan. Our goal is to align psychotropic prescription in Japan with international standards, while reducing the differences between facilities. To achieve this goal, we aimed to compare prescriptions at the time of hospital admission and discharge. Methods Data on prescriptions at admission and discharge from 2016 to 2020 were collected. We divided the patients into four groups: 1) mono_mono group, monotherapy of the main drug at admission and discharge; 2) mono_poly group, monotherapy at admission and polypharmacy at discharge; 3) poly_poly group, polypharmacy at admission and discharge; and 4) poly_mono group, polypharmacy at admission and monotherapy at discharge. We compared the changes in dosage and number of psychotropics among the four groups. Results For both schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, the patients who received monotherapy with the main drug at admission were likely to receive main drug monotherapy at discharge and vice versa. For schizophrenia, the polypharmacy was prescribed more often in the mono_poly group than that in the mono_mono group. The prescription was not changed at all for more than 10% of the patients. Conclusions It is critical to avoid a polypharmacy regimen to ensure that guideline-compliant treatment is provided. We expect higher rates of monotherapy with the main drug after the EGUIDE lectures. Trial registration:The study protocol was registered in the University Hospital Medical Information Network Registry(UMIN000022645).

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers composed of thiolates as coordinating functional groups are interesting materials with unique optical and electronical properties. Herein, we report the preparation of KGF-4 and KGF-10, two Sn-MOF crystal structures with bonds between Sn and thiolate. KGF-10 was isolated as a pure phase and found to exhibit redox properties and a semiconducting band structure, as confirmed by first-principles (density functional theory) calculations.

We investigated the association of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with anxiolytic and sleep medication use in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and schizophrenia (SZ).This nationwide observational study analyzed data from 3483 MDD inpatients and 6663 SZ inpatients. Patients with MDD and SZ were classified into those who underwent ECT during hospitalization and those who did not. A propensity score-matching method was performed to adjust for preadmission characteristics and clinical information, which were expected bias between the two groups. Rates of anxiolytic and sleep medication use at discharge were compared in the matched sample.500 MDD patients were assigned to both groups. In the matched MDD sample, the rate of anxiolytic and sleep medication use at discharge was significantly lower in the ECT group than in the non-ECT group (64.9% vs. 75.8%, P = 1.7 × 10Reduction of anxiolytic and sleep medication use may be considered positively when ECT is indicated for treatment of MDD.

Purpose: In the treatment guidelines for major depressive disorder (MDD), the recommended treatment differs based on the severity. However, the type of treatment provided based on the severity of MDD in real-world clinical practice has not been investigated. In this study, we clarified the actual situation of MDD treatment in clinical practice and compared the treatment based on the severity of MDD. Methods: We used data from 1484 patients with MDD at discharge from October 2016 to March 2020. Results: The number of psychotropic prescriptions tended to be lower in those diagnosed with MDD in the severe group compared to in the non-severe group. There were significant differences among the three groups (mild, moderate/severe, and psychotic) in the percentage of patients who were not prescribed antipsychotics (p = 1.9 ×10-6), a combination of antipsychotics and antidepressants (p = 5.0 ×10-4), and the implementation rate of modified electroconvulsive therapy (m-ECT) (p = 3.4 ×10-9). The percentage of patients with a severe diagnosis who underwent m-ECT was higher, which corresponded to the severity. Conclusion: Our findings showed that the use of psychotropics decreased when the severity of MDD was diagnosed, and the rate of a combination of antipsychotics and antidepressants and the implementation rate of m-ECT increased with the severity. However, this study suggests that there is still an evidence-practice gap in the treatment of MDD in Japan, and guidelines are only partially adhered to in the treatment of depression.

Coordination polymers with metal-sulfur (M-S) bonds in their nodes have interesting optical properties and can be used as photocatalysts for water splitting. A wide range of inorganic-organic hybrid materials with M-S bonds have been prepared in recent years. However, there is a dearth of structural information because of their low crystallinity, which has hampered the understanding of their underlying chemistry and physics. Thus, we conducted a structural study of a novel, highly crystalline coordination polymer with M-S bonds. Theoretical calculations were performed to elucidate its photoconductivity mechanism. The photoconductive, three-dimensional coordination polymer [Pb(tadt)]n (denoted as KGF-9; tadt = 1,3,4-thiadiazole-2,5-dithiolate) was synthesized and confirmed to have a three-dimensional structure containing a two-dimensional Pb-S framework by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. We also performed diffuse-reflectance ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared spectroscopy, time-resolved microwave conductivity, and photoelectron yield spectroscopy measurements on the bulk powder samples, as well as first-principles calculations. Additionally, direct-current photoconductivity measurements were conducted on a single-crystal sample.

We studied the optical luminescence properties of Li2TiO3: Mn4+ based on first-principles calculations. The optical luminescence properties such as Mn-O distance, molecular orbital (MO) energy, cry...

Pregnancy and childbirth have various effects on the physical as well as mental aspects of women. Therefore, appropriate considerations must be given to the mental health of pregnant women. The Guideline Review Committee of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology launched a liaison meeting for the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology and the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, with a view to creating a "Clinical guide for women with mental health problems during the perinatal period" by cooperation of these two fields. After repeated discussions with input from both academic societies, they jointly formulated the "Clinical guide for women with mental health problems during the perinatal period: Overview" in May 2020, and reported its "Detailed Contents" in April 2021. We hope that this guide, which is the English overview of the detailed guide, will contribute to the mental health of pregnant women, facilitating healthy pregnancies and childbirth.

[Study objectives] To investigate the proportion of inpatients with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder prescribed hypnotic medication, and the association between such medication and the use of other antipsychotic agents. [Methods] This was a nationwide cross-sectional study performed as part of the ‘Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in Psychiatric Treatment’ (EGUIDE) project. Data from 2146 inpatients with schizophrenia and 1031 inpatients with major depressive disorder were analyzed. All types and dosages of psychotropic drugs were recorded and the data at the time of discharge were analyzed. Associations between the use of hypnotic medication and other antipsychotic agents were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression analyses. [Results] The proportions of schizophrenia patients who were prescribed any and two or more hypnotic agents were 55.7% and 17.6%, respectively, and the corresponding proportions for patients with major depressive disorder were 63.6% and 22.6%, respectively. In schizophrenia patients, multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that two or more antipsychotics, anticholinergic drugs, anxiolytics, and mood stabilizers/antiepileptic drugs were positively associated with the use of any hypnotic agent. In patients with major depressive disorder, multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that two or more antidepressants, two or more antipsychotics, anxiolytics, and mood stabilizers/antiepileptic drugs were positively associated with the use of any hypnotic agent. [Conclusions] Prescription of hypnotic agents was found to be highly frequent among inpatients with psychiatric disorders. Prescription of two or more main antipsychotic agents was commonly associated with the use of hypnotic medication for both schizophrenia and major depressive disorder.

Coordination polymers (CPs) with infinite metal-sulfur bond networks have unique electrical conductivities and optical properties. However, the development of new (-M-S-)n -structured CPs is hindered by difficulties with their crystallization. Herein, we describe the use of machine learning to optimize the synthesis of trithiocyanuric acid (H3 ttc)-based semiconductive CPs with infinite Ag-S bond networks, report three CP crystal structures, and reveal that isomer selectivity is mainly determined by proton concentration in the reaction medium. One of the CPs, [Ag2 Httc]n , features a 3D-extended infinite Ag-S bond network with 1D columns of stacked triazine rings, which, according to first-principle calculations, provide separate paths for holes and electrons. Time-resolved microwave conductivity experiments show that [Ag2 Httc]n is highly photoconductive (φΣμmax =1.6×10-4 cm2 V-1 s-1 ). Thus, our method promotes the discovery of novel CPs with selective topologies that are difficult to crystallize.

In order to establish a method to predict the 4f 7 -4f 6 5d 1 transition energy of Eu 2+ in oxides, linear regression models were created based on first-principles calculations and machine learning. The model clusters consisting of the central Eu 2+ and O 2- ions closer than the nearest cation were constructed and the 4f 7 -4f 6 5d 1 absorption energy of Eu 2+ in these clusters were calculated by first-principles many-electron calculation using the relativistic discrete variational multi-electron (DVME) method. However, the 4f 7 -4f 6 5d 1 absorption energies of Eu 2+ in oxides calculated by relatively simple first-principles calculations tend to be overestimated by ca. 1.6 eV. In order to improve the accuracy of the prediction, we performed machine learning considering the calculated absorption energy as well as the other electronic and structural parameters as the attributes. As a result, the regression formula to predict the 4f 7 -4f 6 5d 1 absorption energy of Eu 2+ in oxides has been created by machine learning. The 4f 7 -4f 6 5d 1 absorption energy predicted by this model are in good agreement with the experimental ones. Therefore, accuracy of the prediction was significantly improved compared to the simple first-principles calculations. In a similar way, a predictive model of the 4f 6 5d 1 -4f 7 emission energy of Eu 2+ in oxides has been also created

Background Guideline for Pharmacological Therapy for Schizophrenia was published by the Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology in 2015. “Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in psychiatric treatment (EGUIDE)” project aimed to standardize medical practice using quality indicators (QIs) as indices to evaluate the quality of medical practice. In this study, we have reported the quality indicator values of prescription before the beginning of the guideline lectures in the EGUIDE project to ascertain the baseline status of treating patients with schizophrenia. Methods A cross‐sectional, retrospective case record survey was conducted, involving 1164 patients with schizophrenia at the time of discharge. We checked all types and dosage of psychotropic drugs. Results Forty‐three percent of patients had antipsychotic polypharmacy, and substantial concomitant medication was observed (antidepressants; 8%, mood stabilizers: 37%, anxiolytics or hypnotics: 68%). Conclusions In the results obtained in this study, we plant to report changes in the effectiveness of education in the EGUIDE project near the future., This study reports the prescription pattern in schizophrenia in Japan from EGUIDE (Effectiveness of Guideline for Dissemination and Education in psychiatric treatment) project. A cross‐sectional, case record survey conducted, involving 1164 patients with schizophrenia at the time of discharge. Forty‐three percent of patients received antipsychotic polypharmacy. Based on the results, we plan to report changes in the effectiveness of education in the EGUIDE project in the future.

Recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) composed of sulfur secondary building units (sulfur-SBUs) have attracted significant attention as unique electronic materials with high conductivities and photo- and electrocatalytic properties. Herein we report the crystal structure of KGF-1, an example of a Pb-MOF composed of three-dimensionally extended sulfur-SBUs that displays molecular sieving behavior, visible-light absorption, and a semiconductor band structure and is a hydrogen-evolution photocatalyst.

In studying the design of novel phosphors and solid-state laser materials, luminescence with a characteristically long lifetime originates from f-f emissions (infrared, visible and ultraviolet). However, due to high demand for novel luminescence materials which excite in the ultraviolet (UV) and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) ranges, the interconfigurational f-d transition has been of great interest. In this work, we investigated the 4fn - 4fn-15d transition energy of trivalent lanthanide ions in LiYF4 and CaF2 host crystals (LiYF4: Ln3+ and CaF2: Ln3+) without referring to any empirical parameters. These crystals are considered to be promising fluoride hosts for solid-state laser crystals. LnF85− atomic clusters were built based on the crystal structures of LiYF4 and CaF2. The relativistic MO calculations were done using the relativistic Discrete Variational Xα (DV-Xα) algorithm. The relativistic version of discrete variational multi-electron method (DVME) algorithm was used to calculate the multiplet energies. We considered the effect of lattice relaxation by a simple estimation using Shannon's crystal radii. Given that the theoretical transition energies are typically underestimated due to the underestimation of the corresponding effects, the absolute transitional energies have received corrections based on one-electron calculations utilizing the Slater's transition-state technique. The in-depth study indicates that the lattice-relaxation effect does not substantially impact LiYF4: Ln3+, but greatly affects the transitional energy of heavy lanthanides doped in CaF2 from 4fn - 4fn-15d. The energy corrections based on Slater's transition-state method are necessary to improve the accuracy of our calculations. By a combination of these two methods, the transition energies of 4fn - 4fn-15d of LiYF4: Ln3+ and CaF2: Ln3+ agree very well with the experimental data. This research is important to providing guidance in the search for new lanthanide-based phosphors in UV or VUV regions.

Understanding the local atomic configuration is crucial for studying phosphor materials. Their performance in many applications is strongly dependent upon their optical properties. Much experimental and theoretical effort has been made to meet the requirements. Specifically, ab-initio studies have extensively reported the absorption spectra and the multiplet energies of phosphors. However, the qualitative analysis on the emitted light has not yet been reported. In this work, we characterized the emitted light of ruby, which is a widely studied phosphor material. The absorption spectra of ruby were calculated utilizing the non-empirical discrete variational Xα (DV-Xα) and discrete variational multi-electron (DVME) software. Then, the investigation on the (x,y) chromaticity coordinates of was performed under the standard illuminant D65 utilizing ColorAC software, a chromaticity diagram maker. In this work, we used a ruby model cluster generated from an α-Al2O3 crystal. The model consists of seven atoms, where one chromium atom surrounded by six oxygen atoms. We compared the absorption spectra obtained via simple configuration interaction (CI) and those obtained which include energy corrections called configuration dependent correction (CDC) and correlation correction (CC). We successfully reproduced the color that is observed in experiment. The chromaticity coordinates approach red region for higher concentration. The results show that the calculation with CDC-CC shows better agreement with experiment. This research confirms the non-empirical calculations based on the DV-Xα and DVME methods, in the terms of emitted light.

To review the recommendations for the production of novel red phosphor materials, in this work we established the multiplet energy diagram of Mn4+ in a-Al2O3 under pressure. By the discrete variational multi-electron (DVME), the calculations were conducted based on many-electron approaches. Since the experimental data of Mn4+ in a-Al2O3 at zero pressure was the only data reported so far, the results in this work are our predictions. The effect of increasing pressure is naturally similar with the effect of decreasing bond length. This work indicates that the multiplet energies responsible for the absorption process increase as the pressure increase. Whereas, those responsible for the emission process decrease. These tendencies are the same as our previous calculations on a-Al2O3: Cr3+.

Development of white light-emitting diode (LED) device is especially important due to the lack of red emissions. As candidates for white LED's novel red phosphors, Mn4+-doped crystals have received growing attention. Hence, the factors that decide the multiplet energies of d3 ions such as Mn4+ and Cr3+ in crystals are very important to understand. Especially Cr3+ activated in α-Al2O3 or the well-known ruby has been widely studied for solid-state laser source. Here we calculated the multiplet energies of ruby under different pressures non-empirically. We also investigated the variables that define the correlation between the local structure and the multiplet energy levels. The results show that the first-principles calculations well reproduced the pressure dependence of 2E transition energy. We found that the behavior of effective Coulomb integral which mainly determines 2E transition energy is consistent from the point of view of delocalization of the 3d orbitals and decrease of the parameters of the Coulomb repulsion.

The development of blue LEDs [1] enabled one to construct white LEDs by combining them with appropriate phosphors. Recently Mn4+-doped fluorides have been put into commercial use as the red phosphors for high color-rendering white LEDs [2]. However, in order to suppress the degradation due to high humidity and high temperature, a special surface treatment is required for these phosphors. Therefore, the search of other red phosphors activated by Mn4+ is still desired. For theoretical design of novel phosphors, non-empirical prediction of optical parameters such as the crystal-field and Racah parameters is quite important. The purpose of this study is to establish a first-principles approach to predict these parameters of transition metal ions in crystals. In this work, the crystal-field and Racah parameters of ruby (Cr3+ doped α-Al2O3) were evaluated based on the first-principles calculations using the relationship between the ligand-field theory and the molecular orbital (MO) theory derived by Sambe and Felton [3]. Two types of first-principles methods were adopted. One is the discrete-variational (DV)-Xα method [4], which is an MO calculation method based on the one-electron approximation. The other is the discrete variational multi-electron (DVME) method [5], which is a configuration-interaction (CI) calculation method based on the explicit many-electron wave functions. The estimation of the crystal-field and Racah parameters were performed in the following three approaches. (1) Estimation based only on the DV-Xα method (2) Estimation based only on the DVME method (3) Estimation based on the combination of the DVME method and the DV-Xα method The results show that the values of the crystal-field and Racah parameters obtained by the approach (3) are in the best agreement with the values obtained by fitting to the experimental data [6], indicating that CI calculations using some corrections based on the one-electron MO calculations are effective for the non-empirical estimation of the crystal-field and Racah parameters [7]. These results also provide theoretical basis for the configuration-dependent correction and the correlation correction introduced in our previous CI calculations of ruby [5]. This approach could be applied to prediction of d-d transitions of Mn4+ in crystals to find a suitable host for novel Mn4+-activated red phosphors for white LEDs. [1] I. Akasaki and H. Amano, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 45, 9001 (2006). [2] J. E. Murphy, F. Garcia-Santamaria, A. A. Setlur, and S. Sista, SID 2015 DIGEST, 927 (2015). [3] H. Sambe and R. Felton, Int. J. Quant. Chem., 10, 155 (1976). [4] H. Adachi, M. Tsukada, and C. Satoko, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 45, 875 (1978). [5] K. Ogasawara T. Ishii, I. Tanaka, and H. Adachi, Phys. Rev. B 61, 143 (2000). [6] W. M. Fairbank, Jr., G. K. Klauminzer, and A. L. Schawlow, Phys. Rev. B 11, 60 (1975). [7] K. Ogasawara, K.C. Mishra, and J. Collins, ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 9, 016011 (2020).

The transitions between multiplet states of rare-earth (RE) and transition-metal (TM) ions in crystals are utilized in variety of luminescent materials. Therefore, for the theoretical design of novel luminescent materials, a deep understanding of multiplet states and a nonempirical prediction of multiplet spectra are indispensable. For these purposes, a configuration interaction calculation program based on the discrete-variational Xa (DV-Xa) molecular orbital method [1] was developed, which is known as the discrete-variational multi-electron (DVME) program [2]. There is also a relativistic version of the DVME program [3] based on the relativistic DV-Xa method [4], which is especially useful for the analysis of RE-doped luminescent materials [5] since both the relativistic effects and the many-electron effects can be considered simultaneously without any empirical parameters. The DVME calculations have been applied to analyze various luminescent materials such as ruby [2], Mn4+-doped fluorides [6] and RE-doped LiYF4 [5]. Various types of multiplet spectra originating from d-d, f-f, f-d, and charge transfer (CT) [7, 8] transitions have been reproduced without any empirical parameters and the origins of the spectral peaks have been elucidated based on the configuration analysis of the explicitly obtained many-electron wave functions. In addition, relationships between the multiplet energy and the local structure of TM ions in crystals have been investigated in detail by creating various energy-structure maps based on systematic DVME calculations. The systematic data obtained by first-principles calculations can be also used as the training data for machine learning to create a simple predictive model. In this lecture, some representative results of the investigation of luminescent materials based on first-principles calculations of multiplet states using the DVME program will be presented. [1] H. Adachi, M. Tsukada, and C. Satoko, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 45, 875 (1978). [2] K. Ogasawara T. Ishii, I. Tanaka, and H. Adachi, Phys. Rev. B, 61 143 (2000). [3] K. Ogasawara, T. Iwata, Y. Koyama, and T. Ishii, I. Tanaka, and H. Adachi, Phys. Rev. B, 64, 115413 (2001). [4] A. Rosén, D.E. Ellis, H. Adachi, and F.W. Averill, J. Chem. Phys., 65, 3629 (1976). [5] K. Ogasawara, S. Watanabe, H. Toyoshima, M.G. Brik, Handbook on Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, 37, 1 (2007). [6] M. Novita, T. Honma, B. Hong, A. Ohishi, K. Ogasawara, J. Lumin. 169, 596 (2016). [7] S. Takemura, K. Ogasawara, Opt. Mater.: X, 1, 100005 (2019). [8] S. Takemura, K. Ogasawara, J. Lumin. 214, 116542 (2019).

We calculated the molecular orbital (MO) energies of α-Al2O3: Cr3+ (ruby) under pressure non-empirically based on one-electron calculations. The pressure was applied to the samples from ca. 0–110 GPa. Two different approaches to estimate the effect of lattice relaxation are Shannon's crystal radii method and the geometry optimization using CASTEP software. The one-electron calculations were used to estimate the MO energies, which were performed using the Discrete Variational Xα (DV-Xα) software. We found that the splitting of the crystal field (10Dq) increased as the applied pressure grew. We pointed out that collectively considering the effect of lattice relaxation and using the more substantial cluster size has a significant effect on the value of 10Dq.

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was published in 2013, and its official Japanese version was published in 2014. The Japanese Government uses classifications from the 10th revision of the I nternational C lassification of D iseases (ICD-10) to categorize disorders and determine treatment fees. However, since the publication of the DSM-III, the use of the DSM system has become prevalent in research and educational settings in Japan. In addition to traditional psychiatry, both the ICD and the DSM are taught by many Japanese medical schools, and virtually all clinical research and trials refer to the DSM to define targeted disorders. Amid the current backdrop in which the reputation of the DSM-5 is being established, the editorial board of P sychiatry and C linical N eurosciences has asked Japanese experts across 12 specialties to examine the structure of the DSM-5, including the following categories: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Eating Disorders, Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders, Gender Dysphoria, and Neurocognitive Disorders. Although opinions were only obtained from these selected experts, we believe that we have succeeded, to a certain extent, in presenting views that are representative of each specialty.

We investigated the optical properties of Mn 4+ in some fluoride crystals such as Cs 2 MnF 6 , Cs 2 GeF 6 , Rb 2 GeF 6 , Cs 2 SiF 6 , K 2 SiF 6 , Rb 2 MnF 6 , Rb 2 SiF 6 , K 2 GeF 6 , K 2 TiF 6 , Li 2 MnF 6 , Na 2 GeF 6 , Na 2 SiF 6 , and Na 2 TiF 6 based on the first-principle calculation using the discrete-variational multi-electron method. In order to estimate the lattice relaxation, we performed EXAFS measurement of Mn 4+ doped in K 2 SiF 6 , K 2 TiF 6 , and K 2 GeF 6 . The relaxation rates of A 2 BF 6 :Mn 4+ were fixed to be the above estimated values, 102.24%, 107.37% or 96.80% for crystal having Si, Ge, or Ti at the B cation site, respectively. In this work, we also considered some corrections such as configuration dependent correction and correlation correction to improve the theoretical energies. It has been shown that to reproduce multiplet energy levels quantitatively, the lattice relaxation is very important. On the other hand, for a qualitative prediction of the tendencies of the multiplet energies, the combination of lattice relaxation effect, configuration dependent correction, and correlation correction is effective.

Metal complex indicates the significant physical properties such as magnetism, electrical conductivity and an optical property due to the electronic interaction between the ligand molecule and the central metal ion. We have evaluated the magnetism of the metal complex by controlling the ligand field splitting, which is the energy splitting of the d-orbitals. The magnetic phenomenon of such compounds are realized as a result of the electronic state based on the transition metal coordination complexes, and which can be switched between high spin (HS) and low spin (LS), that is called a spin-crossover (SCO) phenomenon. Our group have been investigated the way how to control the spin state according to the concept of a molecular distortion. The five-coordinated metal complex ML5 has been experimentally confirmed to be a molecular distortion called the Berry pseudorotation (BPR). In the BPR process, both the axial and equatorial ligands can move at the same rate of increasing the angle between the other axial or equatorial ligands in five-coordinated metal complex. The classical BPR mechanism changes its molecular symmetry between two independent trigonal bipyramidals (TBPs) of D3h symmetry via a square pyramidal (SP) of C4v symmetry. The distortion parameters in the five-coordinated metal complexes τ5 are proposed in order to represent the distortion of the BPR process quantitatively. In this work, we predicted the possibility of the SCO phenomenon in intramolecular exchange mechanism through the BPR process in a five-coordinated metal complexes.

Corundum can contain various transition metals as impurities, for example, ruby. Ruby is used as solid state laser. The prediction of the electronic state of these transition metals is very important for the development of novel optical materials. The CI calculation used finite Slater determinants, the calculated mutiplet energies is overestimated generally. In this study, we optimized the calculation multiplet energy of transition metals in α-Al2O3 by considering some corrections.