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The Effects of Job Stress and Mental Health of Care Service Workers on Self-diagnosed Oral Symptom in Seoul (서울시 돌봄 서비스 노동자의 직무스트레스와 정신건강이 주관적 구강 증상에 미치는 영향)

  • Hong, Min-Hee;Lee, Jung-Min;Jang, Ki-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.274-282
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    • 2020
  • This study examined the effect of job stress and mental health factors on the oral symptoms of caring service workers in Seoul. For the research method, a survey was conducted from July 24 to August 6, targeting 150 caring service workers. The survey items were job stress, mental health (physical symptoms, anxiety, and insomnia), and self-diagnosed oral symptoms. The results of the study were as follows. Job stress (p=0.001) had a significant effect on the oral symptoms. In addition, physical symptoms (p<0.001), anxiety symptoms (p<0.001), and insomnia symptoms (p<0.001) all had significant effects on the oral symptoms. Among the risk factors, physical symptoms had the greatest influence on oral symptoms. In addition, according to the correlation result of job stress, anxiety symptoms, insomnia symptoms, oral symptoms, as job stress increases, physical symptoms (p<0.001), anxiety symptoms (p<0.001), insomnia symptoms (p<0.001), oral symptoms (p<0.01) showed an increasing positive correlation and a statistically significant difference. Physical and psychological labor power is greatly exhausted by care service workers performing tasks that require physical and mental care for those who are being cared for. Therefore, there is a need for systematic expansion measures for the mental health of workers and the introduction of customized oral health education programs to improve oral health because improved health and oral health conditions can increase work performance.

A Case of Atrophy of Bilateral Frontal lobe Which Showed Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia (정신분열증의 음성증상소견을 보인 양측 전두엽 위축환자 1례)

  • Rho, Tae-Yong;Kim, Jin-Sung
    • Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.544-549
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    • 1993
  • The authors have experienced a case of organic mental disorder with bilateral frontal lobe atrophy in a 36-year-old man. He showed negative symptoms of schizophrenia such as anhedonia, social withdrawal, flat affect, poverty of thought.

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Correlations between Neurologic and Psychiatric Symptoms in Acute Stroke Patients (급성기 뇌졸중 환자에서 신경 및 정신 증상간 상호관계)

  • Kang, Hee-Ju;Bae, Kyung-Yeol;Kim, Sung-Wan;Kim, Jae-Min;Shin, Il-Seon;Park, Man-Seok;Cho, Ki-Hyun;Yoon, Jin-Sang
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2012
  • Objectives : This study aimed to investigate the correlations between neurological and psychiatric symptoms at two weeks after stroke. Methods : For 412 stroke patients, stroke severity was evaluated by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale(NIHSS), disability by the Barthel Index(BI) and modified Rankin Scale(mRS), cognitive function by the Korean Mini-Mental State Examination(K-MMSE), and muscle power by grip strength. Psychiatric symptoms were assessed by Symptom check list-90-Revision(SCL-90-R), consisted of nine symptom domains : Somatization, Obsessive-compulsive, Interpersonal sensitivity, Depression, Anxiety, Hostility, Phobic anxiety, Paranoid ideation, Psychoticism, and Additional items. The correlations between the neurological and psychiatric symptoms were investigated at the time of admission and before discharge(i.e. before and after treatment). Results : At the time of admission, NIHSS score was associated with scores on Phobic anxiety and Additional items ; and scores on BI and mRS were associated with Depression, Phobic anxiety and Additional items. At the time of discharge, NIHSS score was associated with scores on Somatization, Depression, Phobic anxiety, and Additional items ; scores on BI and mRS were associated with scores on Depression, Phobic anxiety and Additional items ; MMSE score was associated with Obsessive-compulsive, Depression, Phobic anxiety, and Additional items ; and grip strength was associated with Somatization, Depression, Anxiety and Additional items. Conclusions : More severe neurological symptoms were associated with higher psychiatric morbidity particularly in depression, phobic anxiety, sleep and appetite disturbance at acute stage of stroke. More intensive psychiatric care and intervention are needed for the high risk group.

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Correlations of Cerebellar Function with Psychotic Symptoms and Cognitive Function in Schizophrenic Patients (남자 정신분열병 환자의 소뇌기능과 정신증상 및 인지기능간의 연관성)

  • Kim, Seo Young;Jun, Yong Ho;Kwon, Young Joon;Jeong, Hee Yeon;Hwang, Bo Young;Shim, Se Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.184-193
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    • 2007
  • Objectives:There is increasing evidence that the cerebellum plays an important role in cognition and psychiatric symptoms as well as motor coordination. The concept of cognitive dysmetria has been making cerebellar function in schizophrenia the focus of current studies. In other words, disruption in the corticocerebellum-thalamic -cortical circuit could lead to disordered cognition and clinical symptoms of schizophrenia. The purposes of this study were to determine cerebellar dysfunction in male schizophrenic patients semiquantitatively with ICARS and to investigate the clinical and cognitive correlates of ICARS in patients. Methods:We compared the scores of cerebellar neurologic sign using ICARS in 47 male patients with a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of schizophrenia with 30 gender and age-matched healthy control subjects. The semiquantitative 100-point ICARS consists of 19 items divided into 4 unequally weighted subscores:posture and gait disturbances, kinetic functions, speech disorders and oculomotor disorders. All subjects were also assessed with cognitive function test. Cognitive functions were evaluated by Korean-Mini Mental Status Examination (K-MMSE), Verbal fluency test, and Clock drawing test. The patients were administered Korea version of Positive and Negative Symptom Scale(K-PANSS) to assess the symptom severity. Results:Schizophrenic patients had significantly higher scores on the ICARS than control subjects with posture and gait disturbances, kinetic functions, and oculomotor disorders. They also showed more significant impairments in cognitive function tests than control subjects. There was a significant correlation between ICARS and negative symptoms of patients. In cognitive function test, Clock drawing test was significantly associated with negative symptoms. In addition, Clock drawing test was negatively correlated with the total score of ICARS. Conclusion:In this study, we confirmed that schizophrenic patients have significant impairments in cognitive and cerebellar function, and that those were related with negative symptoms of schizophrenic patients. These results support a role of the cerebellum in schizophrenia. It is meaningful that we used a structured, and reliable procedure for rating neurological soft signs, ICARS. We hope that future prospective studies using a similar design help that rate of neurological sign should have been visible with the progression of illness.

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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia of Alzheimer's Type (경도인지장애 및 알쯔하이머형 치매 환자에서의 신경정신증상)

  • HwangBo, Ram;Kim, Hyun;Lee, Kang Joon
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.105-111
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    • 2012
  • Objectives : We investigated the prevalence and composite score of the neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with mild cognitive impairment(MCI), and dementia of Alzheimer's type(AD). The aim of this study is to analyze the correlation between the result of Korean Neuropsychiatric Inventory(K-NPI) and cognitive function. Methods : A total of 163 patients diagnosed with MCI or AD was divided into three groups(55 MCI patients, 56 dementia patients with mild stage, and 52 dementia patients with moderate, severe stage). We examined neuro-psychiatric symptoms by K-NPI and compared the prevalence and composite score of each subdomain in K-NPI among three groups. Results : The most common symptoms in the MCI group were depression/dysphoria, sleep/night-time behavior, anxiety, and irritability/lability. In mild AD group, the most frequent disturbance was agitation/aggression, depression/dysphoria, anxiety, apathy/indifference, and sleep/night-time behavior. In moderate to severe AD group, the most frequent disturbance was apathy/indifference, depression/dysphoria, agitation/aggression, and delusion. The frequencies of delusion, hallucination, agitation/aggression, apathy/indifference, aberrant motor behavior, appetite/eating change were statistically significant. The total NPI score showed a negative correlation with MMSE-KC and a positive correlation with GDS. Conclusions : Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common features of MCI and AD. These symptoms observed in MCI are similar to those of mild AD. Psychosis is most common in moderate to severe AD, leading to a faster rate of cognitive decline. Therefore, proper management according to the neuropsychiatric symptoms of MCI and three stages of dementia is needed.

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The Relationship between Psychiatric Consequences and Injury Severity Following Traffic Accidents (교통사고후 외상심각도와 정신과적 증상의 관계)

  • Lee, Moon-In;Park, Sang-Hag;Kim, Sang-Hoon;Kim, Jae-Min;Kim, Hack-Ryul
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.66-75
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    • 2004
  • Objectives: This study was intended to see the relationship between psychiatric consequences and injury severity following traffic accidents. Methods: We surveyed the 134 patients who were hospitalized from 1994 to 2003 at Chosun University Hospital for psychiatic disability evaluation following traffic accident. We reevaluate demographic factors from admission note. Psychiatric symptoms from mental status exam in medical records. Psychological tests(MMPI, BAI, BDI, K-WAIS) were done. Then we calculate the injury severity score and McBride's rate of disability due to diagnosis from emergency care hospital records. Their relationships were evaluated by statistical methods which were t-test and Pearson correlation analysis using SPSS-10. Results: When physical injury was not severe, suicidal attempt was more frequent and depression, hysteria, psychasthenia, psychopathic deviation subscales were high in MMPI. But when physical injury was severe, they have diffficulty in concentration, impaired orientation, and changed in IQ score. There was no relationship between physical injury severity and faking bad scales(F, Ds-r). Conclusion: We must not assume when physical injury was not severe, the severe sympomts are just faking for their benefit.

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Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Neurocognitive Disorder (신경인지장애의 정신행동증상에 대한 비약물학적 개입)

  • Hyun Kim;Kang Joon Lee
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2023
  • Patients with neurocognitive disorder show behavioral psychological symptoms such as agitation, aggression, depression, and wandering, as well as cognitive decline, which puts a considerable burden on patients and their families. For the treatment of behavioral psychological symptoms, patient-centered, non-pharmacological treatment should be used as a first line approach. This paper describes non-pharmacological interventions to manage and treat behavioral psychological symptoms in patients with neurocognitive disorder. In order to control behavioral psychological symptoms such as agitation, depression, apathy, insomnia, and wandering, it is important to identify and evaluate factors such as environmental changes and drugs, and then solve such problems. Non-pharmacological interventions include reassurance, encourage, distraction, and environmental change. It is necessary to understand behavior from a patient's point of view and to approach the patient's needs and abilities appropriately. Reminiscence therapy, music therapy, aroma therapy, multisensory stimulation therapy, exercise therapy, light therapy, massage therapy, cognitive intervention therapy, and pet therapy are used as non-pharmacological interventions, and these approaches are known to improve symptoms such as depression, apathy, agitation, aggression, anxiety, wandering, and insomnia. However, the quality of the evidence base for non-pharmacological approaches is generally lower than for pharmacological treatments. Therefore, more extensive and accurate effectiveness verification studies are needed in the future.

Clinical and Symptomatic Correlates of Alexithymia in Schizophrenia (정신분열병의 감정표현 불능증과 관련된 임상 및 증상 요인)

  • Lee, Kyung-Ha;Kim, Dae-Ho;Roh, Sung-Won;Nam, Jeong-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.32-40
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    • 2005
  • Objectives : This study looked at the symptoms of alexithymia in schizophrenia and their association with clinical variables and schizophrenic symptomatology. Methods Consecutive fifty eight inpatients with DSM-IV diagnoses of schizophrenia completed 26item version of Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), Symptom Checklist-90-Revised(SCL-90-R), and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale(PANSS). Results : Authors did not find any correlation between scores of PANSS and TAS. However, all the subscale scores of SCL-90-R were significantly correlated with total score of TAS. Also, 'difficulty identifying and deistinguishing between feelings and bodily sensations' and 'difficulty describing feelings' significantly correlated with SCL-90-R subscale scores. 'Reduced daydreaming' had mixed findings and 'externally oriented thinking' did not correlate. Multiple regression model included Global Severity Index of SCL-90-R accounting 28.2% of variance for TAS scores. Conclusion : These findings together with discrepancy in results between objective and subjective tests suggest that alexithymia in schizophrenia may have two constructs, 'difficulty to describe and communicate feelings(state)' and 'externally oriented thinking(trait)' Authors suggest further study needs to confirm construct validity of TAS in this population.

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五臟與神志活動對應關係的考察 (오장(五臟)과 신지활동(神志活動)의 대응관계(對應關係)에 대한 고찰(考察))

  • 적쌍경;진자걸
    • Journal of Korean Medical classics
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 2004
  • 개요 및 목적: 고금명의(古今名醫)들의 신(神), 혼(魂), 백(魄), 의(意), 지(志) 등의 이상에 대한 치료를 고찰분석(考察分析)함으로서 오장과 신(神), 혼(魂), 백(魄), 의(意), 지(志)의 대응관계를 연구하였다. 방법: 임상병례(臨床病例)들을 취하고 통계방법을 사용하여 고금명의들의 처방 중에서 조건에 부합되는 처방 589예를 선택하여 약물귀경에 대하여 통계처리를 함으로서 각 종류의 정신중상에 사용된 약들이 어느 한 장부계통과 특정적인 대응규칙이 있는지 여부를 분석해 보았다. 결과: 임상치료(臨床治療)에서 여러 가지 정신증상에 사용된 약들은 오장계통에 모두 영향을 주었는데 여러 가지 정신증상을 치료하는 약들은 어떤 한 가지 증상에 그와 대응되는 한 가지 장부 계통이 연관되는 특정적인 규칙은 없었다. 각 종상에 사용된 약들은 오장계통(五臟系統)중에서도 심계통과 비위계통을 치료하는 약이 나타난 빈도가 가장 높았다.

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Relationships between Psychotic Symptoms and Cognitive Functions in Schizophrenic Patients (정신분열병 환자에서 정신병적 증상과 인지기능의 관련성)

  • Yi, Min-Young;Kim, Hongkeun
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.122-128
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    • 2007
  • Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between psychotic symptoms and cognitive functions in schizophrenia. Methods : The study group was composed of 36 schizophrenic patients. Positive, negative, and disorganization symptoms were assessed using the PANSS. Verbal, visuospatial, attention, memory, and executive functions were assessed using a battery of cognitive tests. Results : Correlation analysis between symptom vs. cognitive measures showed that (a) positive symptoms were significantly correlated with no cognitive measures, (b) negative symptoms were significantly correlated with all cognitive measures, and (c) disorganization symptoms were significantly correlated with executive and memory measures. Correlation analyses between symptom vs. cognitive factors showed that negative-disorganization factor is significantly correlated with executive-memory factor. Conclusion : Significant relationships were confined mostly to frontal symptoms vs. frontal cognitive functions. Thus, the relationships may be mediated mainly by variations in severity of frontal pathology among patients.

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