Hikikomori, a severe form of social withdrawal, has long been observed in Japan mainly
among youth and adolescents since around the 1970s, and has been especially highlighted …

Hikikomori, which originated in Japan, refers to the condition where youths withdraw into the
home and do not participate in society for an extended period of time. Recent updates on …

Social withdrawal is a new mental health problem increasingly common, present in different
cultures, whose psychopathology and treatment is not yet established. This study aims to …

Background: Research consistently report an inverse relationship between suicide risk and
help-seeking. The increasingly available internet-based support potentially offers an …

Background Hikikomori is a phenomenon describing people who exhibit behaviors of self-
secluding themselves at home for long durations of time and usually only having face-to …

Precarious situations disproportionately affect the well-being of young people. Social
workers are concerned with sustainable ways to improve young people's well-being, and …

Background: Socially withdrawn youth belong to an emerging subgroup of youth who are
not in employment, education, or training and who have limited social interaction intention …

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has forced people to restrict their outings. In Japan, self-
restraint behavior (SRB) has been requested by the government, and some of those …

Global urbanization has given cause for a re-assessment of the nature and importance of
the relationship between humans and domesticated animals. In densely-populated urban …

Abstract Objective Hikikomori, from the Japanese words 'hiku'(to pull) and 'komoru'(to
withdraw), is a clinical condition in which a subject locks himself/herself into his/her own …