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Yokoyama, Taizo; Kawasaki, Akira; Mitsumiya, Tomoe; Xu, Cong – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2019
Hikikomori has been recognized as a significant social issue in Japan. It is a Japanese term that refers to young people (aged 18-39 years) who have been in an asocial state of social withdrawal and social isolation for over six months. The Cabinet Office of Japan suggests that the number of hikikomori youth has reached approximately 700,000 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Workshops, Peer Teaching
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Shepherd, Robin-Marie; Laidlaw, Tannis M. – College Quarterly, 2017
This paper describes an undergraduate course in addictions within the health science sector linking theory with practice at a university in New Zealand. The essence of this addiction course includes both a strong theoretical basis and public health focus. The theoretical and practical content is described with examples of the students' pedagogical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Drug Addiction, Health Sciences
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O'Leary, Patrick J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: Coping strategies of men who were sexually abused in childhood were examined to ascertain their relationship to clinical diagnoses. Time elapsed since the abuse occurred was examined for its relationship to psychological functioning. Clinical psychopathology of this primary sample of sexually abused men was compared to a community…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Self Help Programs