Japan's hidden youths: Mainstreaming the emotionally distressed in Japan

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 552-576

  Borovoy, Amy ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Family; Hikikomori; Japan; Psychiatry; Special education; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 55949107573     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-008-9106-2     Document Type: Review

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