Does the 'hikikomori' syndrome of social withdrawal exist outside Japan? A preliminary international investigation

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1061-1075

  Kato, Takahiro A ^a   Tateno, Masaru ^b   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^c   Fujisawa, Daisuke ^d   Teo, Alan R ^e   Sartorius, Norman ^f   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^g   Ishida, Tetsuya ^h   Choi, Tae Young ⁱ   Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh ^j,k   Matsumoto, Ryohei ^l   Wakako, Umene Nakano ^m   Fujimura, Yota ⁿ   Wand, Anne ^o   Chang, Jane Pei Chen ^p   Chang, Rita Yuan Feng ^q   Shadloo, Behrang ^r   Ahmed, Helal Uddin ^s   Lerthattasilp, Tiraya ^t   Kanba, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEINAN GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^g Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^j ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^k LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^l KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁿ TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^p CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^q Taichung General Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^r Sina hospital   (Iran)

^s Department of Psychiatry   (Bangladesh)

^t THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

Amae; Hikikomori; Internet addiction; Social withdrawal; Taijin kyofusho

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYNDROME;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 84863776045     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0411-7     Document Type: Article

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