When social withdrawal in adolescence becomes extreme: the “hikikomori” phenomenon in Italy
“Hikikomori syndrome,” or extreme social withdrawal, determines a refusal to go to school or work where one’s life style is centred around the home. In Japan hikikomoris, also called “family hermits” or “bedroom hermits,” were first identified in the late seventies. In the West (USA, France, UK, S...
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| Language: | English |
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Medical Communications Sp. z o.o.
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna |
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| Online Access: | http://www.psychiatria.com.pl/index.php/wydawnictwa/2015-vol-15-no-3/when-social-withdrawal-in-adolescence-becomes-extreme-the-hikikomori-phenomenon-in-italy?aid=544 |