Tan Marcus P J, Lee William, Kato Takahiro A
ST5 Trainee in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Email:
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Exeter, UK.
BJPsych Int. 2021 May;18(2):34-37. doi: 10.1192/bji.2020.20.
When prolonged social withdrawal was first described in Japan as 'hikikomori', many studies examining its etiology suggested it to be related to factors unique to Japan and thus a culture-bound syndrome. However, existing research has suffered from a lack of standardised definitions, impeding comparability between studies. We summarise existing research and discuss its relevance to psychiatric practice today.
当长期社交退缩在日本首次被描述为“茧居族”时,许多研究其病因的研究表明,它与日本特有的因素有关,因此是一种文化束缚综合征。然而,现有研究缺乏标准化定义,阻碍了研究之间的可比性。我们总结了现有研究,并讨论了其与当今精神病学实践的相关性。