Are Japan's hikikomori and depression in young people spreading abroad?

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9796, 2011, Pages 1070-

  Kato, Takahiro A ^a   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^b   Sartorius, Norman ^c   Kanba, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEINAN GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c President of the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; JAPANESE; JOB STRESS; LETTER; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 80053017393     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61475-X     Document Type: Letter

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