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Hikikomori: From Japanese Phenomenon to Global Mental Health Crisis

For decades, observers dismissed extreme social withdrawal as a peculiarly Japanese affliction, a cultural quirk born from the pressures of an education-obsessed society and suffocating workplace expectations. Yet hikikomori, a…

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