Given the pandemic of COVID-19, many countries including Japan implemented curfew
restrictions. Unlike other countries, there were no legal penalties for such restrictions in …

The new-type depression, in which depressive symptoms worsen during working hours and
alleviate in free time, has been reported in Japan (especially among office workers) and …

Background: In Japan, psychiatrists have noted two different types of depression,
traditional/melancholic depression and 'modern-type'depression (MTD). Although both the …

研究目的: 目前, 有關[繭居族(Hikikomori)] 的綜合數據非常匱乏, 然而近年來, 特別是在2021–
2023 年期間, 有關繭居族的相關研究發表顯著增加. 本研究旨在了解繭居族的相關特性 …

Psychological resilience refers to the way in which an individual adapts to or bounces back
in the wake of adversity. Although both posttraumatic growth (PTG) and resilience reflect …

Identifying the optimal factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has recently
been reinvigorated in literature due to the substantial changes to its diagnostic criteria in the …

Positive schizotypy typically presents with unusual beliefs, idiosyncratic perceptual
experiences, social anxiety, and emotional dysregulation. It predisposes to the development …

Hikikomori is a social problem that has been gaining attention in Japan since the 1990s and
is a form of pathological social isolation that is essentially physical isolation in one's own …

Since the 1990s,“modern-type” depression (MTD), which has different features from
melancholic depression, has been reported and has become a mental health problem in …

A focus on the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 crisis has led to renewed attention on
hikikomori in Japan. Hikikomori is a term used to describe a form of Japanese social …