1st Edition
Mental Health and Social Withdrawal in Contemporary Japan Beyond the Hikikomori Spectrum
By Nicolas Tajan
Copyright 2021
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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... Read more
Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction: Step Aside, Intersections, Minor Roads. Chapter 1: School Non-Attendance Created the Need for Clinical Psychologists. Chapter 2: The Resistance to Students’ Psychological Care. Chapter 3: Is Social Withdrawal a Mental Disorder? Chapter 4: Mental Health Surveys on Hikikomori. Chapter 5: NPO Support Towards Hikikomori Youths. Chapter 6: Hikikomori Subjects’ Narratives. Chapter 7: Beyond the Hikikomori Spectrum. Chapter 8: Conclusions – Social Isolation, Biopower, and the End of the Clinic. Index.
Biography
Nicolas Tajan is program-specific associate professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.
