Mental Health and Social Withdrawal in Contemporary Japan 1st Edition by Nicolas Tajan ISBN 9780815365747 0815365748

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ISBN 10: 0815365748
ISBN 13: 9780815365747
Author: Nicolas Tajan

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 and how it has been perceived and regarded in Japan over time. The author, a clinical psychologist with extensive experience of practice, argues that the phenomenon although socially unacceptable is not homogenous, and can be viewed not as a mental disorder, but as an idiom of distress, a passive and effective way of resisting the many great pressures of Japanese schooling and of Japanese society more widely.
The Open Access version of this book, available at , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CCBY-NC-ND) licence.

Mental Health and Social Withdrawal in Contemporary Japan 1st Edition Table of contents:

1. School Nonattendance Created the Need for Clinical Psychologists
2. The Resistance to Students’ Psychological Care
3. Is Social Withdrawal a Mental Disorder?
4. Mental Health Surveys on Hikikomori
5. NPO Support Toward Hikikomori Youths
6. Hikikomori Subjects’ Narratives
7. Beyond the Hikikomori Spectrum
8. Conclusions: Social Isolation, Biopower, and the End of the Clinic
Index

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