Aims: Hikikomori is commonly translated as "acute social withdrawal". It is estimated that there are 696,000 individuals with hikikomori in Japan. Although there is no common therapy to resolve the problem of hikikomori, early intervention is required because it can lead to some...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/26445
The aim of this study was to understand the characteristics of mental health care for cancer patients, their families, and nurses in China. We searched for relevant studies published in English since 2004 using PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cinahl, finding 14 studies that examined mental...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2016/21647
Employment-related problems of psychiatric patients are attracting attention in the field of mental health and welfare. Employers’ social distance from psychiatric patients negatively influences patients’ chances to work. Therefore, social distance should be carefully measured an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17245
Questionnaires were distributed to 49 stable schizophrenia patients with work experience who were either hospitalized in an open ward of a psychiatric hospital or were outpatients of the hospital to gain understanding of schizophrenia patients’ experiences at work, reasons for no...
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