Category: ひきこもり

  • Children full of life, Japanese school

  • ” Pathology seen in French Hikikomori ”

    Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. 2012;114(10):1173-9. [Article in Japanese] Furuhashi T, Figueiredo C, Pionnié-Dax N, Fansten M, Vellut N, Castel PH. Source Department of Psychopathology & Psychotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine/Center for Student Counseling, Nagoya University. Abstract Young people who meet the definition of “Hikikomori” have come to be seen in France since around 2008. However, simply “fitting the definition” does not necessarily…

  • Hikikomori in Nature (Journal of Science, 2004 & 2011)

    Two short quotations extracted from two articles published by the International Journal of Science ” Nature “. Made in Japan, Nature, 474, 541–542, (30 June 2011): ” Japan’s economy is stagnant, and even its high-tech manufacturing base is being edged out by countries such as China and South Korea. Its population is greying. Its youngsters…

  • City Lights: a movie about Japanese youth フリーター、二ート

    日本人の若者について「フリーター、二ート」の映画（２０１０）。 ここにクリックしてください　（日本語 sub フランス語） http://www.festivalpointdoc.fr/city-lights-portraits-d-une-generation-perdue.htm フランス人の作った映画は：ロラン　ドロテ　と　ボツル　ダビヅ “City Lights, portrait d’une generation perdue” is a movie of David Beautru and Dorothee Lorang. It is in Japanese subtitled in French (2010, 30 minutes). You can see it online here:　http://www.festivalpointdoc.fr/city-lights-portraits-d-une-generation-perdue.htm Pour ceux qui sont en France: Exposition Dorothée Lorang et David Beautru。Du 18 janvier au 10 février 2013, Gare d’Anjou (Projection…

  • Hikikomori : ces jeunes enfermés chez eux (French magazine)

    Un dossier sur le hikikomori paru dans le numéro de Janvier/Fevrier du magazine “Cerveau et Psycho”. Ecrit par le journaliste Marc Gozlan qui a interrogé le psychiatre japonais Kato Takahiro, la psychiatre française M. Guedj-Bourdiau, le psychiatre-psychanalyste français Serge Tisseron (et moi même !).

  • Selected Bibliography about Hikikomori: articles in English (1986-2012)

    Selected Bibliography about Social Withdrawal (hikikomori) and School Absenteism (futôkô), from 1986 to 2012. All the references are academic articles, in English, except two in French and one in Italian. *** Borovoy, Amy. 2008. “Japan’s hidden youths: Mainstreaming the emotionally distressed in Japan.” Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry (32): 52–56. Chong, Stella Suk-ching, and Kar-Mon Chan.…

  • DSM5 has been finalized: no mention of hikikomori for now…

    Saturday, December 1, 2012: APA Board of Trustees Approves DSM-5   DSM5 will be published in May 2013. Here are the Key decisions made by the Board of Trustees •  Overall Substantive Changes o   Chapter order o   Removal of multiaxial system •  Section 2 Disorders o   Autism spectrum disorder o   Binge eating disorder o   Disruptive mood…

  • 名古屋大学における「ひきこもり」についてのシンポジウム

    Symposium  à  l’Université  de  Nagoya  sur  le  Hikikomori 名古屋大学における「ひきこもり」についてのシンポジウム Mercredi 9 janvier 2013, Salle « Research Center for Materials Science » 2013年1月9日(水) 会場:名古屋大学物質科学国際研究センター Programme プログラム Table ronde sous la présidence de Kunifumi Suzuki (Université de Nagoya) 司会 鈴木 國文(名古屋大学) 10h50-11h Discours du Directeur de Centre Général de Conseil aux Étudiants de  l’Université de Nagoya 名古屋大学学生相談総合センター長による挨拶…

  • Late Bloomers ? レイブル ?

    This event takes place the 23rd of November simultaneously at Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. http://osaka1gan.jp/kaigi2012 Their website is interesting also because of the guidebook and the newly coined word “late bloomers”   http://osaka1gan.jp/

  • The missing million, BBC

      Here’s the Phil Rees report on BBC entitled ” The mystery of the missing million” http://vimeo.com/28627261 I already posted it previously with the spanish subtitles but now it’s the english version, thanks to Ueyama Kazuki.