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Historical reflection on Taijin-kyōfushō during COVID-19: a global phenomenon of social anxiety?
Shisei Tei1,2,3,4, Harry Yi-Jui Wu5
1Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-kawahara-cho Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. chengctky@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Although fear and anxiety have gradually become a shared experience in the time of COVID-19, few studies have examined its content from historical, cultural, and phenomenological perspectives concerning the self-awareness and alterity. We discuss the development of the ubiquitous nature of Taijin-kyōfushō (TKS), a subtype of social anxiety disorder (SAD) originated and considered culturally-bound in the 1930s Japan involving fear of offending or displeasing other people. Considering the historical processes of disease classification, advances in cognitive neurosciences, and the need to better understand the content of suffering, psychiatric nosology for SAD still appears controversial and requires further investigations.
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