The term Hikikomori describes a particular type of severe social withdrawal that mainly affects adolescents or young adults, who live cut off from the world and do not participate in society for an extended period of time. The disorder causes significant social and health concerns and its poorly understood psychopathology highlights the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the clinical picture and psychotherapeutic interventions that treat the disorders most frequently associated with this psychological condition. To date, there has been little discussion of Hikikomori in the ageing population, and a further area of interest is how the current COVID pandemic is causing a change in Hikikomori phenomena.
We encourage the submission of papers on, but not limited to, the following subtopics:
• sociological and psychopathological construct
• assessment and diagnostic classification
• socio-demographic, gender, and ethnic differences
• current opinions on Hikikomori in adolescence and the transition into adulthood
• the aging population of Hikikomori: an anthropological construct
• models of intervention (clinical, psychological, sociological, and community) - evidence-based outcomes
• the recovery model and normalization of Hikikomori/Hidden Youth
• the family, community, and national response to Hikikomori in a digitized society
• the effect of the COVID pandemic on Hikikomori in a digitized economy and environment.
The term Hikikomori describes a particular type of severe social withdrawal that mainly affects adolescents or young adults, who live cut off from the world and do not participate in society for an extended period of time. The disorder causes significant social and health concerns and its poorly understood psychopathology highlights the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the clinical picture and psychotherapeutic interventions that treat the disorders most frequently associated with this psychological condition. To date, there has been little discussion of Hikikomori in the ageing population, and a further area of interest is how the current COVID pandemic is causing a change in Hikikomori phenomena.
We encourage the submission of papers on, but not limited to, the following subtopics:
• sociological and psychopathological construct
• assessment and diagnostic classification
• socio-demographic, gender, and ethnic differences
• current opinions on Hikikomori in adolescence and the transition into adulthood
• the aging population of Hikikomori: an anthropological construct
• models of intervention (clinical, psychological, sociological, and community) - evidence-based outcomes
• the recovery model and normalization of Hikikomori/Hidden Youth
• the family, community, and national response to Hikikomori in a digitized society
• the effect of the COVID pandemic on Hikikomori in a digitized economy and environment.
