Takahiro A. Kato, Masaru Tateno, Naotaka Shinfuku, Daisuke Fujisawa et al.
PurposeTo explore whether the ‘hikikomori’ syndrome (social withdrawal) described in Japan exists in other countries, and if so, how patients with the syndrome are diagnosed and treated.MethodsTwo hikikomori case vignettes were sent to psychiatrists in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Japan, Kore...
Takahiro A. Kato, Naotaka Shinfuku, Daisuke Fujisawa, Masaru Tateno et al.
Aim Japanese psychiatrists have increasingly reported patients with depression that does not seem to fit the criteria of the ICD-10 and the DSM-IV, and which has recently been called modern type depression (MTD). We explored whether MTD is frequently seen in Japan and also in other countries, and if...