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Treatment Programs
When it comes to psychosocial support it is hard for therapists to attain direct access to hikikomori. Hence, there has been ongoing research to find different and effective treatment plans to aid hikikomori. One such treatment plan is focused on the families of hikikomori. Such focus primarily includes, educational intervention programs (e.g. lectures, role-play, etc.) that are geared towards reducing any averse stigma that family members have towards psychiatric disorders like hikikomori. These educational programs are derived from other established family support programs, specifically Mental Health First Aid (MFHA) and Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT). CRAFT specifically trains family members express positive and functional communication, whereas MFHA provides skills to support hikikomori with depression/suicidal like behaviour. Studies so far that have modified the family unit's behavioral response to a hikikomori has yielded positive results, indicating that family behavior is essential for recovery, however further research is still needed.

Although there has been a primary emphasis on educating family members, there are still therapy programs for the hikikomori to participate themselves in. For example, the use of exercise therapy. The individual psychotherapy methods that are being stressed in current research are primarily motivated on cultivating self-confidence within the hikikomori. With that being said, however, studies have delineated that efficacious treatment towards hikikomori requires a multifaceted approach rather than the utilization of one individual approach, such as individual psychotherapy or family therapy.

Pandemic Impact to the Hikikomori Phenomenon
Based on prior outbreaks (e.g. SARS, MERS, etc.), studies have shown that quarantined individuals, due to increased loneliness, have heightened stress-related mental disturbances. Considering that political, social, and/or economical challenges already bring people to express hikikomori like behavior, researchers theorize that since all the aforementioned factors are byproducts of a pandemic, many postulate a hikikomori phenomenon common in a post-pandemic world. In fact, people who do experience mental disturbances in Japan generally view seeking the help of a Psychiatrist as shameful/cause to get them socially shunned. Due to this experts propose an increase in focus on both the youth and also on mental health specifically through effective telemedicine to either the affected individual and/or their respective family unit.

Furthermore, with hikikomori becoming more prevalent amid a pandemic, experts theorize that it will bring out more empathy and constructive attention towards the issue.