Hikikomori as a possible clinical term in psychiatry: a questionnaire survey

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tateno, Masaru ^a   Park, Tae W ^b   Kato, Takahiro A ^c   Umene Nakano, Wakako ^d   Saito, Toshikazu ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental disorders; Hikikomori; Psychiatric diagnosis; School refusal; Social withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIKIKOMORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; ICD-10; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84867347143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-169     Document Type: Article

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