Preliminary study of the social withdrawal (hikikomori) spectrum in French adolescents: focusing on the differences in pathology and related factors compared with Japanese adolescents

Abstract Background Social withdrawal (hikikomori) has become an internationally recognized phenomenon, but its pathology and related factors are not yet fully known. We previously conducted a statistical case-control study on adolescent patients with hikikomori in Japan, which revealed the non-spec...

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Main Authors: Yukiko Hamasaki, Nancy Pionnié-Dax, Géraldine Dorard, Nicolas Tajan, Takatoshi Hikida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04116-6