[HTML][HTML] Hikikomori: the Japanese Cabinet Office's 2016 survey of acute social withdrawal
N Tajan, H Yukiko, N Pionnié-Dax - The Asia Pacific Journal, 2017 - apjjf.org
Abstract In September 2016, the Cabinet Office of Japan published the results of an
epidemiological survey focusing on acute social withdrawal (hikikomori). This article
summarizes and assesses the major features of the survey. It aims at facilitating research
and international exchanges on a mental health and social problem affecting at least
541,000 people in Japan that seems to have spread to industrialized societies.
epidemiological survey focusing on acute social withdrawal (hikikomori). This article
summarizes and assesses the major features of the survey. It aims at facilitating research
and international exchanges on a mental health and social problem affecting at least
541,000 people in Japan that seems to have spread to industrialized societies.