Hikikomori : Adolescence without End /

"This is the first English translation of a controversial Japanese best seller that made the public aware of the social problem of hikikomori, or "withdrawal"--A phenomenon estimated by the author to involve as many as one million Japanese adolescents and young adults who have withdra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saitō, Tamaki, 1961- (Author)
Other Authors: Angles, Jeffrey, 1971- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Japonés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Edition:English edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stress in youth.
Social psychology.
Social isolation.
Social distance.
Alienation (Social psychology)
Stress in youth > Japan.
Social isolation > Japan.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the English edition
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Conclusion: Steps for the future.

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