Mental health and social withdrawal in contemporary Japan : : beyond the Hikikomori spectrum / / Nicolas Tajan.
This book examines the phenomenon of social withdrawal in Japan, which ranges from school non-attendance to extreme forms of isolation and confinement, known as hikikomori. Based on extensive original research including interview research with a range of practitioners involved in dealing with the ph...
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| Superior document: | Japan anthropology workshop series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London, England ;, New York, New York : : Routledge,, 2021. ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Japan anthropology workshop series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Step Aside, Intersections, Minor Roads
- School Non-Attendance Created the Need for Clinical Psychologists
- The Resistance to Students' Psychological Care
- Is Social Withdrawal a Mental Disorder?
- Mental Health Surveys on Hikikomori
- NPO Support Towards Hikikomori Youths
- Hikikomori Subjects' Narratives
- Beyond the Hikikomori Spectrum
- Conclusions - Social Isolation, Biopower, and the End of the Clinic.