Culture-Bound Syndrome – Hikikomori

Assignment Details:

For this paper, you will write a comparative analysis of a culture-bound syndrome (CBS) of distress that does not appear in the DSM-5-TR as a mental health disorder. For information on CBS, review the chapter on culture and psychiatric diagnosis in your copy of the DSM-5-TR (pp. 859879), as well as the chapter on anxiety disorders (pp. 215261) for culture-related diagnostic issues.

CHOSEN CBS: Hikikomori

The following parts of the paper must be included for your submission:

• Part 1: Your paper should provide a thorough description of the culture-bound syndrome (CBS), including the population for which the CBS applies, estimated prevalence rates, and criteria for diagnosis of the CBS.
• Part 2: Your paper should include a discussion of differential diagnosis and how your selected CBS is distinguished from one or more disorders that are listed in the DSM-5-TR. This portion of your paper will be an integrative analysis of the symptoms of your CBS and how they are similar to or differ from symptoms for DSM-5-TR. Be sure that your discussion is an integrative synthesis (i.e., compare and contrast together, not separately) of the symptoms, not a summary of separate diagnostic criteria.

Your paper should be formatted in APA 7th edition and must be a minimum of 5 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. No abstract is required for this assignment. You should have at least 5 peer-reviewed references. Your DSM-5-TR can be a starting point for your research but cannot be used as the sole resource for your paper.