Hikikomori, a Japanese culture-bound syndrome of social withdrawal?: A proposal for DSM-5

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 444-449

  Teo, Alan R ^a   Gaw, Albert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture bound syndrome; Diagnosis; Hikikomori; Social eithdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURE BOUND SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIKIKOMORI; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953340927     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e086b1     Document Type: Article

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