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How can we help the hikikomori to leave their rooms?

8 mins | Jul 18, 2019

Globally, psychiatrists are noticing an increase in people who do not leave their homes for months on end. Emma Young writing in Aeon Magazine finds out what is causing this heightened isolation - and whether it's merely an urban phenomenon.

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