International experience of hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal) and its relevance to psychiatric research

When prolonged social withdrawal was first described in Japan as ‘hikikomori’, many studies examining its etiology suggested it to be related to factors unique to Japan and thus a culture-bound syndrome. However, existing research has suffered from a lack of standardised definitions, impeding compar...

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Autores principales: Tan, Marcus P. J., Lee, William, Kato, Takahiro A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Special Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2020.20
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description When prolonged social withdrawal was first described in Japan as ‘hikikomori’, many studies examining its etiology suggested it to be related to factors unique to Japan and thus a culture-bound syndrome. However, existing research has suffered from a lack of standardised definitions, impeding comparability between studies. We summarise existing research and discuss its relevance to psychiatric practice today.
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spelling pubmed-82744272021-07-19 International experience of hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal) and its relevance to psychiatric research Tan, Marcus P. J. Lee, William Kato, Takahiro A. BJPsych Int Special Paper When prolonged social withdrawal was first described in Japan as ‘hikikomori’, many studies examining its etiology suggested it to be related to factors unique to Japan and thus a culture-bound syndrome. However, existing research has suffered from a lack of standardised definitions, impeding comparability between studies. We summarise existing research and discuss its relevance to psychiatric practice today. Cambridge University Press 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8274427/ /pubmed/34287404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2020.20 Text en © The Authors 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2020.20
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