Eriko Mizuno is a professor of Mental Health Nursing at Juntendo University, Graduate School of Health Care Nursing. She obtained her BSN, MS and PhD from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, and was involved clinical practice in the psychiatry ward of the university hospital and worked as a public health nurse to promote health in the workplace. Her research themes are mental health support for family caregivers, psychoeducation for schizophrenics, stigma in recovery and quality of life, employment support for people with mental illness, and physical health care for the people with mental disorder living in the community.