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ArticlePsychiatry and clinical neurosciences2020

Forced social isolation due to COVID-19 and consequent mental health problems: Lessons from hikikomori.

Takahiro A Kato, Norman Sartorius, Naotaka Shinfuku

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Article in Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Urban mental health, hikikomori, and modern-Type depression.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Takahiro A KatoDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5169-2930
Norman SartoriusThe Urban Mental Health Section, World Psychiatric Association, Geneva, Switzerland.
Naotaka ShinfukuThe Urban Mental Health Section, World Psychiatric Association, Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and DevelopmentJapan Society for the Promotion of Science
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Avoidance LearningCOVID-19Physical DistancingSocial MediaCommunicable Disease ControlFearHomebound PersonsHumansInternetJapanLonelinessPsychological DistanceShameSocial IsolationSocial Stigma

Identifiers

PMID32654336
PMCPMC7404367

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