'Hikikomori' : A new diagnosis or a syndrome associated with a psychiatric diagnosis?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-559

  Malagón, Angeles ^a   Alvaro, Patricia ^a   Córcoles, David ^a   Martín López, Luis M ^a   Bulbena, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYNDROME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 77956551874     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764009376612     Document Type: Editorial

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