HikikomoriSaito Tamaki, Jeffrey Angles
Hikikomori
by Saito Tamaki, Jeffrey Angles · first published 2013
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Your sister sounds like my brother (minus the cosmetics— his focus is on other things). I can deeply relate to your experience. I'd highly recommend the book "Hikikomori: Adolescence Without End" by Saito Tamaki, translated by Jeffrey Angles. First published in 1998 it describes the "hikikomori" social/psychological phenomenon, and ways treatment has been approached.…
on “Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness” ↗> “In the past 20 years, the number of hikikomori who have committed a violent crime is only a few — no more than 10 cases, for sure,” said Tamaki Saito, a psychiatrist at the University of Tsukuba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo, who is a leading…
on “Japan’s Hikikomori Already Faced Stigma. Then Came 2 Shocking Acts of Violence” ↗