Tag: article

  • Hikikomori in Italy, European Psychiatry 2015

    Extreme Social Withdrawal in Early Adolescence: Epidemiological Data On Italian Hikikomori Ranieri et al.  http://www.europsy-journal.com/article/S0924-9338%2815%2930942-1/abstract

  • Youth social withdrawal behavior (hikikomori): A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies (LI & WONG 2015)

    Full text:  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Abstract Objective: Acute and/or severe social withdrawal behavior among youth was seen as a culture-bound psychiatric syndrome in Japan, but more youth social withdrawal cases in different countries have been discovered recently. However, due to the lack of a formal definition and diagnostic tool for youth…

  • Allen Frances about hikikomori

    http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/couch-crisis/preventing-and-treating-school-refusal-and-severe-social-withdrawal/page/0/1

  • Free access to T&F journals for those based in Japan

    Throughout May 2015, Taylor & Francis are offering exclusive free online access to all of its journal content (over 1600 journals) to anyone based in Japan (free access will be available from May 1st until May 31st). You just need a Taylor & Francis Online account and if you’re not already registered you can sign…

  • Social Withdrawal and Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review of Hikikomori

    Retrait social et psychiatrie : une revue de la littérature sur le hikikomori (résumé en français disponible en ligne) Article in Press available online (in English) Tajan, N. “Social Withdrawal and Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review of Hikikomori.” Neuropsychiatrie de l’Enfance et de l’Adolescence (0). doi:10.1016/j.neurenf.2015.03.008. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0222961715000483.    

  • Free access to journals (Taylor & Francis)

    Throughout May 2015, Taylor & Francis are offering exclusive free online access to all of its journal content (over 1600 journals) to anyone based in Japan (free access will be available from May 1st until May 31st). You just need a Taylor & Francis Online account and if you’re not already registered you can sign…

  • Adolescents’ School Non-Attendance and the Spread of Psychological Counselling in Japan, Tajan 2015

    My article entitled “Adolescents’ School Non-Attendance and the Spread of Psychological Counselling in Japan” is now available online http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21507686.2015.1029502#.VR-aaGZ6tJi Mon article intitulé “L’absentéisme scolaire des adolescents et l’émergence du conseil psychologique au Japon” est disponible en ligne  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21507686.2015.1029502#.VR-aaGZ6tJi Tajan, Nicolas. 2015. “Adolescents’ School Non-Attendance and the Spread of Psychological Counselling in Japan.” Asia Pacific Journal of…

  • hikikomori / slate.fr

    New article about hikikomori by a French journalist (Slate.fr, in French). Nouvel article sur le hikikomori par un journaliste français (Slate.fr, en français) http://www.slate.fr/story/98961/hikikomori

  • World Hikky Day / Journée mondiale du hikikomori

    Chaque année depuis 2014, le premier avril est la journée mondiale du hikikomori… et ce n’est pas un poisson d’avril. Every year since 2014, April 1st is “World Hikky Day” (World Hikikomori Awareness Day) … April fool’s day ? No. http://foro.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/270/ (Hat tip Ueyama K.)

  • Cyber High School / Lycée virtuel

    The Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/10/24/cyber-high-school-will-allow-students-to-attend-as-avatars/ Le Monde (in French) http://campus.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2014/10/31/au-japon-un-cyber-lycee-inspire-des-jeux-video_4515296_4401467.html