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The Characteristics and Social Functioning of Pathological Social Withdrawal, “Hikikomori,” in a Secondary Care Setting: A One-Year Cohort Study
2020-04-20
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Pathological social withdrawal, named “Hikikomori,” is a Japanese culture-bound syndrome and a serious social problem in Japan. The number of Hikikomori cases in Japan was estimated at about 563,000 in 2016 according to governmental surveys. However, no studies have reported how many Hikikomori have access to community-based psychiatry clinics, and how different...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c93be509-612c-5270-8dc2-ddcff4d563b0
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.2.17076/v2
