Comorbid social withdrawal (hikikomori) in outpatients with social anxiety disorder: Clinical characteristics and treatment response in a case series

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Nagata, Toshihiko ^a   Yamada, Hisashi ^a   Teo, Alan R ^b,c   Yoshimura, Chiho ^a   Nakajima, Takenori ^a   Van Vliet, Irene ^d  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hikikomori; social anxiety disorder; social withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FLUVOXAMINE; MILNACIPRAN; PAROXETINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CYCLOPROPANES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUVOXAMINE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JAPAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAROXETINE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872913408     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011423184     Document Type: Article

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