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oapen-20.500.12657-469262023-07-05T12:20:24Z Mental Health and Social Withdrawal in Contemporary Japan Tajan, Nicolas Regional studies bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB Regional studies 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 phenomenon, the book outlines how hikikomori expresses itself, how it is treated and dealt with and how it has been perceived and regarded in Japan over time. The author, a clinical psychologist with extensive experience of practice, argues that the phenomenon although socially unacceptable is not homogenous, and can be viewed not as a mental disorder, but as an idiom of distress, a passive and effective way of resisting the many great pressures of Japanese schooling and of Japanese society more widely. 2021-02-23T11:54:42Z 2021-02-23T11:54:42Z 2021 book ONIX_20210223_9781351260794_15 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46926 eng Japan Anthropology Workshop Series application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781351260794.pdf Routledge 10.4324/9781351260800 10.4324/9781351260800 d86614f7-ab0b-42bf-a3b7-053fda9617b2 Kyoto University Routledge 248 open access
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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 phenomenon, the book outlines how hikikomori expresses itself, how it is treated and dealt with and how it has been perceived and regarded in Japan over time. The author, a clinical psychologist with extensive experience of practice, argues that the phenomenon although socially unacceptable is not homogenous, and can be viewed not as a mental disorder, but as an idiom of distress, a passive and effective way of resisting the many great pressures of Japanese schooling and of Japanese society more widely.
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