Mental Health and Social Withdrawal in Contemporary Japan

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.

Autorentext

Nicolas Tajan is program-specific associate professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.

Inhalt

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.