An examination of the potential benefits of expert guided physical activity for supporting recovery from extreme social withdrawal: Two case reports focused on the treatment of Hikikomori

Extreme and long-term social withdrawal, first described in Japan as Hikikomori, has now become a globally recognized mental health problem. Intervention studies severely lag behind epidemiological and phenomenological research. We present two descriptive case reports of Japanese university students...

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Main Authors: Keiko Yokoyama, Tadaaki Furuhashi, Yuji Yamamoto, Maki Rooksby, Hamish J. McLeod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1084384/full

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