Prolonged social withdrawal disorder: A hikikomori case in Spain

作者：Ovejero Santiago^*; Caro Canizares Irene; de Leon Martinez Victoria; Baca Garcia Enrique

来源：International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2014, 60(6): 562-565.

DOI：10.1177/0020764013504560

• Hikikomori
• social withdrawal
• social isolation

Background: The Japanese term hikikomori means literally 'to be confined'. Social withdrawal can be present in severe psychiatric disorders; however, in Japan, hikikomori is a defined nosologic entity. There have been only a few reported cases in occidental culture.
Material: We present a case report of a Spanish man with prolonged social withdrawal lasting for 4 years.
Discussion: This is a case of prolonged social withdrawal not bound to culture, as well as the second case of hikikomori reported in Spain. We propose prolonged social withdrawal disorder as a disorder not linked to culture, in contrast to hikikomori.
Conclusion: Further documentation of this disorder is still needed to encompass all cases reported in Japan and around the world.

• 出版日期2014-9