Can Pokémon GO rescue shut-ins (hikikomori) from their isolated world?

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 75-76

  Kato, Takahiro A ^a,b   Teo, Alan R ^c,d   Tateno, Masaru ^e   Watabe, Motoki ^f   Kubo, Hiroaki ^a   Kanba, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIKIKOMORI; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIDEO GAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85008884226     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12481     Document Type: Letter

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