Hikikomori : adolescence without end /
Saitò Tamaki ; translated by Jeffrey Angles.
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2013.
- xix, 192 p. :bill. 22 cm.
"First published in Japan in 1998 by PHP Institute, Inc. [as Shakaiteki hikikomori : owaranai shishunki]".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is social withdrawal? -- The symptoms and development of social withdrawal -- Psychological ailments accompanying withdrawal -- Is social withdrawal a disease? -- Hikikomori systems -- Overcoming the desire to reason, preach, and argue -- Important information for the family -- The general progress of treatment -- In daily life -- The sadness behind violence in the household -- Treatment and returning to society -- The social pathology of withdrawal.