Clarifying the position of hikikomori in mental health: Is hikikomori a variant of already-known mental health disorders? A review of the literature

S Amendola - Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Hikikomori was included in the chapter “Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis” of the DSM-5-TR
Section III as an example of cultural concepts of distress. However, attempts over time to …

[HTML][HTML] Hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal) and co-occurring psychiatric disorders and symptoms in adolescents and young adults: A sco** review

V Pupi, C Bressi, PM Porcelli, MG Rossetti… - Comprehensive …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Hikikomori, or prolonged social withdrawal, is a clinical condition usually
emerging during adolescence or young adulthood, characterized by severe self-isolation in …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal relationship between Internet addiction and psychotic-like experiences among Chinese college students

P Peng, H Zou - Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2025 - Elsevier
Background While previous cross-sectional studies have suggested a link between
psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and internet addiction (IA), longitudinal evidence remains …

All by myself: examining social media's effect on social withdrawal and the mediating roles of moral disengagement and cyberaggression

CSL Tan - European Journal of Marketing, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how the constructs of false self, preference
for online social interaction (POSI), compulsive internet use (CIU), and online disinhibition …

Hikikomori‐like social withdrawal: An Italian case report.

L Orsolini, G Longo, S Bellagamba… - Psychiatry & …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
The term Hikikomori refers to an individual's deliberate social withdrawal lasting at minimum
6 months.[1] It is a culture/Japan-bound syndrome, recently described also in Italy.[[2],[4],[6]] …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep Disturbance Mediates the Relationship between Problematic Technology Use and Psychotic-Like Experiences: A Large Cross-Sectional Study in …

A Liao, P Peng, Y Tan, J Li, Z Chen, L Zhao… - Journal of Psychiatry …, 2024 - hapres.com
Background: This study of 87,302 Chinese adolescents aimed to test:(1) the association of
psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) with sleep disturbance and three different subtypes of …

Examining the interplay between physical activity, problematic internet use and the negative emotional state of depression, anxiety and stress: insights from a …

H Jelleli, M Ben Aissa, N Kaddech, M Saidane… - BMC psychology, 2024 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Problematic
Internet Use (PIU), emotional states of stress, anxiety and depression, and the practice of …

[HTML][HTML] Forensic Characteristics of Body Abandonment by Housemates in Japan

H Naito, Y Kakiuchi, Y Kakimoto, M Osawa - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Introduction: In Japan, many cases occur wherein housemates fail to report dead
bodies found in their homes. However, only individual cases are reported through press and …

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G Zanatta - Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinical Neuropsychiatry focuses on a fundamental issue of current psychiatry. The notion
that it is possible to categorize mental illnesses, and to differentiate symptoms in a clearcut …

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F Mucci - Clinical neuropsychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Unlike the vast majority of media (and academic!) predictions of two and a half years ago,
the Corona-Virus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is still ongoing and proceeding to cause …