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...
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 |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1084384/full |
Similar Items
-
The suitability of outing frequency as a definition of hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal)
by: Shunsuke Nonaka, et al.
Published: (2023-03-01) -
A Comparative Study of Adolescent Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori) in Japan and France
by: Y. Hamasaki, et al.
Published: (2022-06-01) -
Risk factors for severity of social withdrawal in adolescence: Understanding hikikomori as a spectrum
by: Y. Hamasaki, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01) -
An Overview on Social Withdrawal-Hikikomori in Japan and Support in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic
by: Thi Phi Nguyen
Published: (2023-03-01) -
When social withdrawal in adolescence becomes extreme: the “hikikomori” phenomenon in Italy
by: Fiorenzo Ranieri
Published: (2015-10-01)