• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.594-606
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• 2020

On the contrary to the steady rise of social problems about depression, only a few take care of mental health themselves due to their negative perception of psychotherapy. In this study, we propose service design and user interface design of mobile applications that introduce an automatic emotional recognition system to prevent leaving depression unattended. First, we have come up with improvements in the usability of existing apps through literature research and case analysis, and draw out Personas from surveys and in-depth interviews of young people. As an essential element of the design of the Depression Improvement Service, we recommend having three components: writing a diary to manage schedule, recognize users' emotional state through avatar management, and tracking down emotional points to improve the cognitive system. Through this proposal, we want to prevent the development of depression and help to resolve the changes in perception of depression and longitude depression on our own. Ultimately, we publicize the necessity of mental health care application design and expect to lower the personal and social costs for psychiatric care.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2024.05a
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• pp.565-566
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• 2024

본 연구는 서울시의 우울증 진단 경험률 통계 데이터를 분석하여 지역별 우울증 발생 패턴과 인구 통계적 특성을 파악하고자 하였습니다. 결측치 처리와 이상치 조정을 통한 데이터 전처리 후, 연령대와 성별, 교육 수준 등 다양한 변수에 따른 우울증 진단률의 분포를 탐색적 데이터 분석을 통해 시각화하였습니다. 특히 여성과 고령 인구에서 높은 우울증 경험률을 관찰하였으며, 이를 통해 맞춤형 정신건강 개선 방안을 제시하고자 하였습니다. 본 연구는 정책 입안자와 보건 전문가들에게 유용한 인사이트를 제공하고, 효과적인 우울증 관리 및 예방 전략 개발에 조금이라도 기여할 것으로 기대됩니다.

• 건강소식
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• v.38 no.7
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• pp.26-27
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• 2014

젊은 주부가 자신의 아이를 죽이고 자살했다거나, 자살을 시도하다 실패했다는 뉴스가 심심치 않게 들려오는 세상이다. 살인이나 자살을 저지른 이 주부들은 대부분 '주부 우울증'을 겪고 있었고, 제대로 된 치료를 받지 못해 극단적인 선택을 하게 된 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.117-157
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• 2012

This paper investigated the biomedical medicalization of "depression"which is growing fast in Korea in terms of the treatment mechanism. Depression has been regarded as a mental disease that occurs with mixing various causations because what was the cause of this disease was not clarified until a recent date. Thus, as depression treatment, the medicine and the psycho-socio therapy have been used. However, from 1990s, as the brain science was introduced in the western society, and the high-tech diagnostic equipment of the brain disease and new drugs for the mental disease were developed, depression was rapidly redefined as 'the brain nerve system illness'that is easy to be taken and is able to obtain the permanent relief with the regular care. Under the influence of the redefinition of depression and the new treatment of it, recently, 8% of depression patients per year emerge as the aggressive cure subjects in the Korean psychiatric circle. However, according to the Korean psychiatric circle's unofficial calculation, it is estimated that only 10% of depression patients are receiving the accurate treatment but over 80% of the patients are not. If so, what does this estimation mean? Based on this question, this paper critically investigated the biomedical medicalization of depression.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.253-258
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• 2020

Depression is a disease with an increasing prevalence worldwide, and is highly associated with mortality as well as several diseases such as hypertension. The aim of this study is to discover clinical risk indicators associated with depression in the occupational group of simple labor workers. This study used the Seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016-2018) conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In association between depression and demographic information, age, sex, degree of stress perception, and stress perception ratio indices had a very high statistical association with depression, and education level and marital status were also associated with depression. Obesity indices such as abdominal circumference and body mass index were not associated with depression. Among the blood information, hemoglobin and hematocrit were highly associated with depression, and statistical significance was maintained even in the analysis adjusted for sex and age. The results of this study can be used as information for the prevention and treatment of depression in the occupational group of simple labor workers in the future.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.10
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• pp.264-271
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• 2019

Currently, teenagers value the beauty of appearance due to the proximity of the media. Therefore, acne on the skin is not a serious disease, but if it is managed incorrectly, it will leave scars and marks on the face, which leads to students' depression, stress and loss of confidence. Therefore, this study analyzed how acne skin afects adolescent's stress, depression and self-esteem and recognized that acne is not a simple skin disease but is closely related to mental health. And three hypotheses were established to be more effective in managing acne skin and to be used as basic data for skin care. As a result, it was found that acne development of junior high school students had an actual effect on stress and depression. Acne skin care is considered to be necessary for mental health, not superficial management.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2024.10a
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• pp.490-491
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• 2024

본 연구는 스트레스는 현대사회에서 중요한 건강 문제로 대두되고 있으며, 이는 개인의 정신적, 신체적 건강에 심각한 영향을 미칠 수 있습니다. 본 논문에서는 스트레스와 우울의 상관관계를 분석한 후, 질병관리청의 '2023 지역건강통계 한눈에 보기'와 HIRA 빅데이터 개방포털의 '지역별 정신질환_우울증 진료현황(2019~2023 년)' 데이터를 비교·분석하여 스트레스를 줄일 수 있는 연구를 제안하고자 합니다. 이 연구의 목적은 스트레스가 증가함에 따라 사람들의 심리, 신체 건강에 영향을 미치며 더 나아가 우울증의 주요 원인이 될 수 있음을 인지하고 지역별 스트레스 및 우울감 인지율과 실제 우울증 진료 통계를 비교·분석하는 데 목적이 있습니다. 이를 바탕으로 스트레스 관리의 중요성을 제시하며, 여러가지 해결책을 통해 사람들 간 소통을 촉진하고 스트레스를 완화할 방법을 제안하고자 합니다. 특히, 우리나라의 통계와 지표를 활용해 스트레스 및 우울감이 높은 지역을 선정하고, 그에 따른 해결 방안을 마련하는 것이 목표입니다.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.443-455
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• 2017

This study is a follow-up study of Smart-phone Application Content Development for the Measurement and Management of Adolescents' Depression(J. S. Park et al., 2016), that designing and implementing a smart-phone application based on cognitive behavioral therapy. This app facilitates analysis of depressive symptoms, and a simple, continuous self-check. Through this, the app will allow for continuous management of the psychological states by avoiding one-off or comprehensive analysis and diagnosis of depression, unlike previous app. We also aim to make a connection to the practical counseling services. To achieve this goal, we examined not only existing studies on youth depression, but also mobile applications related to depression.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.189-196
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• 2019

This study identifies the moderating effects of cognition on the relationship between self-care confidence and self-care behavior in the diabetic elderly. The participants were 205 elderly subjects with diabetes, who visited a citizen health center located in D city, Korea. Data were collected from 20th April to 31st August 2015, and were analyzed by t-test and multiple regression. Our results reveal no significant differences between the depressive and non-depressive groups, when considering diabetes self-management confidence, knowledge, behavior and cognitive function. Cognitive function had a moderating effect in the relationship between self-care confidence and self-care behavior only in the depressed group. Our results indicate that it is therefore necessary to apply individual nursing intervention based on cognitive function and depression level, and to develop various programs for improving the cognitive function and depression amongst the diabetic elderly.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.268-274
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• 2022

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the individual and regional risk factors on depression using community-based data in Jeollabuk-do. Methods: This cross-sectional study obtained data from the Community Health Survey 2018 in Jeollabuk-do. The dependent variable was depression measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The prevalence of depression was defined if total score of PHQ-9 was 10 or higher. A multilevel analysis was conducted to consider individual and regional level independent variables that could be risk factors for depression. Results: In the individual level, female gender and smokers had significantly higher odds ratios (ORs) for depression of 1.58 and 1.72, respectively. Subjects with economic activity, higher income and higher education had significantly lower ORs of 0.53, 0.41 and 0.66. In the regional level, higher greening rates and lower levels of PM2.5 had statistically lower ORs at the significance level of 10%. Conclusion: By conducting this study, risk factors associated with depression were identified in individual- and regional-level. This study suggests that health projects are needed to control regional level risk factors including community networks for mental health management in addition to the traditional individual level risk factors.