1. English research project Florian CHOISELLE Marie-Eve PICARD GRAVEL

2. Outline Introduction What is a hikikomori ? Lifestyle Causes & consequences Statistics How to overcome that ? Treatments Support of the Family Conclusion

3. Introduction What hikikomori means ? Presentation of the development parts.

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6. Lifestyle Social withdrawal Leisure activities Night-life

7. Social withdrawal No social interaction (sometimes even with family) If he lives alone : Stay at home If he lives with his parents : Stay in his bedroom If he have to go out?

8. Leisure activities He spend most of his time : Sleeping Watching tv Reading Listening music Playing video games Surfing the Internet

9. Night-life They Sleep during the day and live at night.

10. Causes and consequences Causes Consequences

11. Causes They feel ill at ease in the society At work, we need to be competitive : Work always better Work always more

12. Causes They feel oppressed At work, at school : Need to have good results Cannot make a success of our life

13. Causes Isolation tandancy Rejected by others : Differences A lack of self-confidence

14. Causes Overprotective mothers Difficulty to live in society : A lack of independance

16. Summary People became hikikomori because of : A lack of self-confidence Depression Pressure of the society Trauma

17. Consequences Deterioration of the physical condition Malnutrition & carelessness The muscles are wasting

18. Consequences Deterioration of the physical condition Lack of sun The skin is deteriorating

19. Consequences Deterioration of the physical condition To much hours spend in the dark in front of a screen A fall of eyesight

20. Consequences A real problem if they want to return to society School delay They had to make it up

21. Consequences A real problem if they want to return to society Don’t want other to know … A fear converted in violence They lost their capacity to live in society They lost their moral sense

22. Summary The consequences of being a hikikomori : Deterioration of the physical condition Deterioration of their capacity to live in society

23. Statistics For 3300 former hikikomori 17% weren’t able to go out of their home 10% weren’t able to go out of their bedroom 20% of the men were violent with their family 14% of women had malnutrition problem

24. Statistics The time they had remain shut-ins 17,9 % between 6 month and 1 year 25,3 % between 1 and 3 years 14,7 % between 3 and 5 years 9,7 % between 5 and 7 years 5,9 % between 7 and 10 years 7,7% more than 10 years

25. Statistics In the Japanese society 1% are hikikomori (1 million) 1/10 teens are hikikomori 3/4 of the hikikomori are mens 26 years old is the middle age of hikikomori

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28. Treatments Family therapy at home Specialized assistants unit Specialist teachers A social worker A doctor Most of hikikomori and parents don’t want to take part in it

29. Treatments Family therapy at home Meet former hikikomori To regain stability To advise them

30. Treatments Family therapy at home Some of them go abroad To be far from Japanese rigidity

31. Treatments External therapy Psychiatrisation

32. Summary Differents options and opinion about traitments Japanese prefered to wait for a return to society Family therapy at home Going abroad Westerners preffered external support Psychiatrisation

33. Support of the Family Major actor of the curing process An entity which can influence the hikikomori In a good way In a bad way

34. Support of the Family Major actor of the curing process Psychological support Some parents need it because of their innefectualness They need a family therapy at home

36. Conclusion Hikikomori is an important society phenomenon It is coming there, so be aware

37. Thanks for your listening.