Background A severe form of pathological social withdrawal,'hikikomori,'has been
acknowledged in Japan, spreading worldwide, and becoming a global health issue. The …

Hikikomori, a severe form of social withdrawal syndrome, is a growing social issue in Japan
and internationally. The pathophysiology of hikikomori has not yet been elucidated and an …

Aim The present study examined the relationship between addiction and hikikomori
(extreme social withdrawal) symptoms. Method A group of clinically referred addiction …

Aim Hikikomori, a form of severe social withdrawal, is an emerging issue in mental health,
for which validated measurement tools are lacking. The object was to develop a self‐report …

Recently, there has been an increase in reports of hikikomori around the globe, and Ukraine
is not an exception. The development of hikikomori is often spurred by a history of aversive …

Therefore, we examined the association between the HQ-25M total score and the duration
of" social withdrawal" using Spearman's rank correlation coefficients (Table S3). Hikikomori …

Hikikomori, a form of severe social withdrawal more than 6 months, has increasingly
become a crucial issue especially among adolescents. Loneliness, avoidant personality …

In the early 2000s, Japanese society became aware of the social phenomenon of hikikomori
or social withdrawal among Japanese youth. However, the hikikomori phenomenon was not …

Objective: This review, which was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021237988), aimed
to systematically extract common elements in the hikikomori definition or criteria applied by …

Who can use EQUIP? EQUIP is intended for trainers, supervisors and project managers
implementing psychosocial support and psychological interventions. How can EQUIP be …