作者
Takahiro A Kato, Masaru Tateno, Naotaka Shinfuku, Daisuke Fujisawa, Alan R Teo, Norman Sartorius, Tsuyoshi Akiyama, Tetsuya Ishida, Tae Young Choi, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Ryohei Matsumoto, Wakako Umene-Nakano, Yota Fujimura, Anne Wand, Jane Pei-Chen Chang, Rita Yuan-Feng Chang, Behrang Shadloo, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Tiraya Lerthattasilp, Shigenobu Kanba
发表日期
2012/7
期刊
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
卷号
47
页码范围
1061-1075
出版商
Springer-Verlag
简介
Purpose
To explore whether the ‘hikikomori’ syndrome (social withdrawal) described in Japan exists in other countries, and if so, how patients with the syndrome are diagnosed and treated.
Methods
Two hikikomori case vignettes were sent to psychiatrists in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the USA. Participants rated the syndrome’s prevalence in their country, etiology, diagnosis, suicide risk, and treatment.
Results
Out of 247 responses to the questionnaire (123 from Japan and 124 from other countries), 239 were enrolled in the analysis. Respondents’ felt the hikikomori syndrome is seen in all countries examined and especially in urban areas. Biopsychosocial, cultural, and environmental factors were all listed as probable causes of hikikomori, and differences among countries …
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