Is Hikikomori — an Extreme, Long-Term Form of Social Isolation — a Disease Unto Itself? While mental health experts agree that hikikomori is a global mental health phenomenon, there’s uncertainty ...

Hikikomori is a pathology characterized by social withdrawal for a period exceeding six months. While first defined in Japan, the pathology is growing globally. To help better assess individuals ...

Hikikomori is a term coined in Japan in the 1990s, but the anti-social trend which sees people socially isolating themselves has become widespread across not just the US, but other countries too ...

In 2018, researchers developed the 'Hikikomori Questionnaire (HQ-25)' to assess and identify hikikomori, a condition of pathological social withdrawal lasting more than six months. Now, the team ...

An estimated 1.5 million people — many of them young men — in Japan live in complete isolation, a phenomenon known as hikikomori. Now, as more young American men are withdrawing from society ...

Find out if you just enjoy your own company or losing sense of who you are? A person experiencing social isolation, cuts off completely from their friend circle, experiences possible mood swings ...

A research team led by an OHSU professor has developed the first evaluation tool to help providers diagnose the extreme form of social isolation known as hikikomori.

Hikikomori may have similar personality traits, but predisposition does not equal destiny. Environment matters, too. Personalities can evolve and be supported for growth.

In 2018, the team developed the 'Hikikomori Questionnaire,' or HQ-25, that was design to assess whether individuals under social withdrawal after six months are symptomatic of hikikomori.