Category: hikikomori

  • 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.

  • Hikikomori en Barcelona ! バルセロナのひきこもり !!

    このブログは日本語で http://totteokiinfo.blogspot.jp/2009/01/hikikomori.html

  • Novel “I am a hikikomori”｜小説「(私,) ひきこもりです」

    フランスで、新しい小説があります。 タイトル「(私,)ひきこもりです」 著者；フロランス　オブリ