Internet addiction, Hikikomori syndrome, and the prodromal phase of psychosis

Computers, video games and technological devices are part of young people's everyday lives. Hikikomori, a Japanese word describing a condition that mainly affects adolescents or young adults who live isolated from the world, cloistered within their parents’ homes, locked in their bedrooms for d...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel eStip, Alexis eThibault, Alexis eBeauchamp Chatel, Steve eKisely
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00006/full