zwei999
Junior Member
I'm gonna "fuzzy bunny rabbits" the sh!t out of you until you break down and cry...
Posts: 77
|
Post by zwei999 on May 21, 2010 17:20:58 GMT -5
Hikikomori's Mentally Deficient...The Japanese government has published research suggesting 80% of the nation’s hikikomori may be mentally ill, with two thirds of those diagnosed having such serious conditions as schizophrenia or mental retardation. A research group from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare cooperated with psychiatrists working at 5 mental health treatment centres over several years. They examined hikikomori cases involving subjects aged 16-35 who approached the centre for assistance. Approximately 80% of the cases resulted in a firm diagnosis, and of those a third involved mental conditions such as schizophrenia or anxiety disorder, all of which were considered to require medication. A further third involved mental retardation and developmental disorders. The remaining third were considered to have generic “personality defects” or “maladjustment,” and were prescribed treatment centred on counseling. Researchers guess there may be as many as 260,000 child hikikomori in Japan, and are urging that they receive attention from mental health professionals lest they develop into lifetime hikikomori. The wider implications of even conducting such research suggest the government may be interested in addressing its inconvenient hikikomori problem by redefining what has traditionally been seen as a social phenomenon as a medical condition, an approach which could perhaps eventually culminate in involuntary treatment for hikikomori. Source 1: sankei.jp.msn.com/life/body/100519/bdy1005192356010-n1.htmSource 2: (can be found in "Sankaku Complex" archive)
|
|
|
Post by th3littlepumpkin on May 24, 2010 14:56:50 GMT -5
I'm shocked. I didn't know that this was such a big issue in Japan.
|
|
|
Post by bluesnow on May 24, 2010 22:15:33 GMT -5
Its a conspiracy of the NHK!!! Btw... I have used the attack of smite on you for having a sig I will never be able to unsee
|
|
zwei999
Junior Member
I'm gonna "fuzzy bunny rabbits" the sh!t out of you until you break down and cry...
Posts: 77
|
Post by zwei999 on May 27, 2010 10:23:31 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by rinrinrin on Sept 15, 2010 11:03:44 GMT -5
Well S***. Guys, I might be slightly retarded.
|
|
|
Post by Elisa Fan on Sept 15, 2010 14:47:54 GMT -5
It's not surprisingly that there are many hikkikomori in Japan.
In fact, it's a common occurrence in Asian countries due to the nature of the educational system. What it didn't mention is the hours of study schools require of students, and the after school cram schools runs from late afternoon to night, with its own set of homework aside from students' regular works.
The hanging out and young people going in town to arcades and having fun usually applies only in anime, most young people don't have a luxury or free time to be outside to begin with. Elementary students studies and cram in order to get to a good middle school that leads to a good high school that leads into great universities, their entire educational life is indoors and it's not hard to see why many would be overwhelmed by stress and eventually shut themselves in.
That said, it is definitely not a healthy way to be living but it's also unfair if the government treat it as an illness and not put their own educational system at fault for these phenomenons.
|
|