Hikikomori and modern-type depression in Italy: A new phenotypical trans-cultural characterization?

Introduction: Hikikomori is a Japanese term etymologically derived from ‘hiku’ (i.e. ‘to pull back’) and ‘komoru’ (i.e. ‘seclude oneself’), which identifies those subjects who deliberately withdraw themselves by social life, remaining confined into their own home/room. The phenomenon is widely diffu...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 2022-08, Vol.68 (5), p.1010-1017
Main Authors: Orsolini, Laura, Bellagamba, Silvia, Volpe, Umberto, Kato, Takahiro A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical experience
Cultural differences
Cultural factors
Cultural universals
Culture
Depression
Employment
Families & family life
Family relations
Family structure
Humans
Internet
Italy - epidemiology
Marginality
Mental depression
Modern society
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Phobia, Social
Postmodernism
Prevention
Psychopathology
Risk factors
Shame
Social factors
Social Isolation
Social life & customs
Society
Transformation
Unemployment
Western society
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