Hikikomori : adolescence without end / Saitō Tamaki ; translated by Jeffrey Angles.

  • Saitō, Tamaki, 1961-
Date:
[2013], ©2013
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Publication/Creation

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2013], ©2013.

Physical description

xix, 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes

"First published in Japan in 1998 by PHP Institute, Inc. [as Shakaiteki hikikomori : owaranai shishunki]".

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187) and index.

Contents

What is social withdrawal? -- The symptoms and development of social withdrawal -- Psychological ailments accompanying withdrawal -- Is social withdrawal a disease? -- Hikikomori systems -- Overcoming the desire to reason, preach, and argue -- Important information for the family -- The general progress of treatment -- In daily life -- The sadness behind violence in the household -- Treatment and returning to society -- The social pathology of withdrawal.

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    History of Medicine
    UT.26
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ISBN

  • 9780816654581
  • 0816654581
  • 9780816654598
  • 081665459X