The great current epidemic: Addiction to technologies, “Hikikomori syndrome”

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2016-03-17

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Latorre Forcén, P., Calvo Sarnago, A., & Ruiz Lázaro, P. (2016). The great current epidemic: Addiction to technologies, “Hikikomori syndrome”. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 33(1), 34–37. https://doi.org/10.31766/revpsij.v33n1a4

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2016)

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Authors

  • P Latorre Forcén Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa de Zaragoza
  • AI Calvo Sarnago Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa de Zaragoza
  • PM Ruiz Lázaro Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa de Zaragoza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31766/revpsij.v33n1a4

Keywords:

hikikomori, addiction, technologies, adolescent

Abstract

Hikikomori syndrome is defined as a person who remains isolated for more than six months without presenting any type of psychotic symptoms, in which he does not engage in any kind of interpersonal relationship, nor leaves his room, taking usually refuge in a virtual world, surrounded by video games and the Internet.


It is described a case of a 15-year-old boy presenting truancy and social isolation at his home in two years of evolution; and subsequently, it is made a review on this syndrome and addiction to technology.

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Author Biography

P Latorre Forcén, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa de Zaragoza

Correspondencia:
Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa de Zaragoza.
Correo electrónico: platorref@gmail.com

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