As more research on hikikomori emerged, so did a more complicated and nuanced take on the condition. Researchers first differentiated between hard core subtypes, who almost never leave their room and ...

Symptoms vary between patients. For some, violent outbursts alternate with infantile behaviour such as pawing at the mother's body. Other patients might be obsessive, paranoid and depressed.

Saito, who defined hikikomori after seeing a number of patients come in with these strange symptoms, thinks it’s a “family and social disease,” The New York Times reports. Saito first began ...

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 ...

Do you suffer from 'Hikikomori' or a state of acute ... Social isolation should be taken as a sign of an underlying mental health issue along with other signs and symptoms,” explains Arfa ...

Hikikomori is a psychological condition which makes people shut themselves off from society, ... and learn to manage their symptoms so that they can lead more productive and fulfilling lives." ...

Some hikikomori — which is used as both a noun and an adjective, ... However, given that the norms and idioms of a particular culture influence how people describe their symptoms, ...

To prevent people from progressing to hikikomori, we need to encourage family members or friends who are socially withdrawn and also experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety or fatigue to ...

Hikikomori is an extreme form of social isolation first recognized in Japan in the 1990s. It’s distinct from similar conditions like anxiety or agoraphobia and is characterized by sustained ...

"Hikikomori" commonly have symptoms of depression, anxiety, and unusual sleep patterns. Japan’ s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare created a definition of "hikikomori" that included the following: ...

Symptoms vary between patients. For some, ... But even hikikomori who desperately want to fulfil their parents' plans for them may find themselves frustrated. Andy Furlong, ...