A 39-year-old "adultolescent": Understanding social withdrawal in Japan

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 112-114

  Kato, Takahiro A ^a   Kanba, Shigenobu ^a   Teo, Alan R ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RESTLESSNESS; SHOPPING; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIDEO GAME; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ADULT; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84957630630     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15081034     Document Type: Short Survey

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