Hikikomori : Multidimensional understanding, assessment, and future international perspectives

• Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 73; no. 8; pp. 427 - 440
• Main Authors: Kato, Takahiro A., Kanba, Shigenobu, Teo, Alan R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.08.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescents; amae; hikikomori; Humans; Internationality; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Models, Psychological; modern‐type depression; social anxiety; social isolation; Social Isolation - psychology; Japan; social isolation; hikikomori; amae; social anxiety; modern-type depression

Hikikomori, a severe form of social withdrawal, has long been observed in Japan mainly among youth and adolescents since around the 1970s, and has been especially highlighted since the late 1990s. Moreover, hikikomori‐like cases have recently been reported in many other countries. Hikikomori negativ...