• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2013

South Korea is changing into a multi-cultural society, due to an increase in international marriage, foreign workers and transcultural immigration. In addition, the number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea has increased and now, there are approximately 25000. Therefore, this review have focused on a research that pertains to adaptation and mental health concerns of their children. Children who have immigrated themselves or whose parents have immigrated, might experience language barriers, difficulties in school adjustment, identity confusion and mental health problems. However, their academic performance and developmental status are known to be variable and be affected by socioeconomic status and their parents' educational level. Studies that evaluated the psychological problems of North Korean adolescent refugees' indicated the need for interests in both emotional and behavioral problems. The risk factors of North Korean adolescent refugees' mental health are suggested to be past traumatic experiences, long duration of defection and short period of adaptation. When mental health professionals provide assessment and treatment, they should consider the pre- and post-migration experiences & cultural background that affect the illness behaviors and attitudes toward mental illnesses. Lastly, the majority of children with multi-cultural background are still under an adolescent period and we should follow up with long-term perspectives.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.203-208
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• 2014

Objectives : Art and culture education might play a good role in children's emotions ; however, few studies to verify this have been conducted. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of an art and culture education program on behavior and social skills in children aged 7-10 years. Methods : Fifteen children (mean age $7.31{\pm}0.95$ years) were recruited from a community center and participated in an art and culture education program. The participants received a once a week program for 17 sessions, and we compared scores on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Social Skills Improvement System-Rating Scales (SSIS-RS) before and after intervention. Results : The participants' subscale scores of CBCL-aggressive behavior, social immaturity, internalizing behavior, externalizing behavior, total behavior problems and social skill scores on the SSIS-RS showed improvement (p<.05) after 15-weeks of the art and culture education program. Conclusion : These results suggest a positive effect of an art and culture education program on the reduction of externalizing and internalizing behaviors and improvement of social skills in children. Further prospective, controlled studies in large samples are needed in order to confirm our findings.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2013

Objectives Research suggests that content of delusion and hallucination in schizophrenia is influenced by culture and social environment. However, few studies investigated chronological change of delusions and hallucinations within a society. To investigate changes in delusions and hallucinations of schizophrenia according to time, we compared contents of symptoms between inpatients with schizophrenia at two different time frames. Methods All admissions to a psychiatric unit of Hanyang University Guri Hospital with discharge diagnoses of schizophrenia at two different five-year time frames (1996-2000 and 2006-2010) were reviewed. Using a checklist, adapted from the Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms, we investigated delusions and hallucinations of 247 patients (104 in the 1990s and 143 in the 2000s). Results Delusions and hallucinations of patients did not differ at two time frames. In women, however, auditory and somato-tactile hallucinations were significantly more frequent in the 1990s (p < 0.05). Conclusions Our findings support the literature emphasizing that content and frequency of hallucination may differ according to cultural environment. We speculate that attitude toward sex and defensiveness toward disclosure of symptoms may have contributed to interval difference.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2011

Objective : Social anxiety disorder (SAD) has been characterized by a marked sense of anxiety provoked by exposure to one or more social situations. It has been well-known that the cultural characteristics of a society strongly affect the expression of SAD symptoms. The current study attempted to explore clinical and cultural characteristics of social anxiety symptoms in the Korean nonclinical population. Methods : 801 volunteers who participated in the national social anxiety screening day, which was held by Korean academy of anxiety disorders, were invited to complete the self-report version of Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS-SR). A total of 691 participants completed the LSAS-SR and other information related to this study. Results : Social anxiety symptoms were reported by a great percentage of subjects, as displayed by the relatively high mean LSAS scores (44.58 ; SD=25.60). There were no significant differences in total LSAS score according to sex, education, or marital status. The three most fearful or avoided situations for participants, as measured by the percentage of subjects who had a score of more than 3 on each LSAS item were as follows: item 6 (acting, performing, or giving a talk in front of an audience ; 29.67% for fear and 22.72% for avoidance), item 16 (speaking up in a meeting ; 25.62% for fear and 21.56% for avoidance), and item 15 (being the center of attention; 13.89% for fear and 9.70% for avoidance). Conclusion : The Korean participants in this study demonstrated a high level of SAD symptoms. Our subjects reported that they were more likely to be fearful or avoid passive situations such as being the center of attention as compared with results from a study of western society which indicated that western people were more likely to be fearful or avoid active situations. These findings emphasize the importance of considering a patient's cultural background when evaluating SAD symptoms.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2013

Sexual behavior is crucial in life, yet comparatively little is known about the mechanisms in the sexual response in humans. A lot of theories and models have been developed to explain about the process of the sexual response in humans. The first model of sexual function was described by Masters and Johnson, defined the four-phase model (phases of excitation, plateau, orgasm and resolution). Helen Kaplan proposed a slightly different model of human sexual response by adding the conception of the desire phase. Some years later, a new model of circular sexual response pattern was described by Whipple and Brash-McGreer, who acknowledged the cyclic nature of women's sexual response. Basson presented an alternative model of women's normative sexual function, which featured a responsive form of desire in women's sexual response. Bancroft developed a new theoretical model, the Dual Control Model, which postulates sexual response and arousal is ultimately determined by the balance between the sexual activation or excitation system and the sexual inhibition system. The Sexual Tipping Point is a model created by Perelman, suggesting that a sexual response is determined by a balance between excitatory or inhibitory factors that may be psychological, organic, psychosocial, or cultural. A comprehensive understanding of sexual response and function is of paramount importance for the psychiatrist to study sex, offer counseling to the patient on sex, and practice sex therapy. In this literature, models of sexual response would be reviewed to understand the knowledge of the sexual functioning in humans.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.88-99
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• 2019

Objectives: With increasing concerns for the rapidly growing minority population in South Korea, this literature review addressed a range of mental health risks among multiethnic youths (MY) in South Korea by 1) comparing mental health outcomes with those of native-born youths and 2) identifying multiple layers of relevant environmental factors, from family and school relationships to culture. Methods: We reviewed 54 studies that fulfilled specific inclusion criteria. Results: Multiple common risk/protective factors, including family separation, family relationship quality, parental socioeconomic and mental health status, social relationships at school, and cultural acceptance, were noted. Conclusion: In general, empirical evidence indicates that minority youths have relatively heightened risks for emotional and behavioral problems. Future studies must elucidate the complex interplay between multiple risk and protective factors and the long-term adaptation and mental health service utilization of MY.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2018

Objectives: Problem behaviors pose a great obstacle to daily functioning in children with neurodevelopmental deficits and are an important target for treatment. In this study, we translated the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI)-01 into Korean language and tested its psychometric properties. Methods: We attained the approval of the BPI author and performed standard translation-back translation. Then, professional caregivers examined appropriateness according to cultural and situational contexts in order to make necessary modifications of the Korean version of the BPI. Results: The BPI-01, Korea-Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised (K-SIB-R), and Child Behavior Checklist were completed for 98 autistic spectrum disorder or intellectual development disorder participants (mean age=28.3, standard deviation=7.3, range=10.1-51.7). The inter-rater reliability of the BPI-01 was found to be high (r=0.992-1.000). As for the results for concurrent validity for subscale items of BPI-01 and scales of SIB, correlations between SIB and BPI-01 subscales were statistically significant (r=0.357-0.672). Discussion: The Korean version of the BPI-01 showed good psychometric properties with high reliability and sufficient convergent validity. Further examination of the validity of BPI-01 should be carried out with inclusion of younger aged children and a closer look at less frequently occurring symptoms.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.3-14
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• 2003

문헌고찰을 통하여 최근 임상에서 문제되고 있는 신체화에 관한 문화정신의학적인 소견과 그 의미를 정리하였다. 신체화는 인류 공통의 범세계적인 정신병리이며 그 빈도나 양상은 문화 따라 차이가 난다. 그러나 단순히 서구-비서구 혹은 전통사회 대 근대화된 사회를 나누어 그 빈도차이를 논하는 것은 의미가 없다. 최근의 황문화적 연구에 따르면 이런 이분법식의 논리는 사실과는 전혀 다르다. 또한 어떤 차이가 나더라도 그 해석에서는 종족 뿐 아니라 그 종족이 처하고 있는 여러 사회문화적인 상황을 중요한 변인으로 고려해야 한다. 그리고 철저한 횡문화적 조사연구를 통하여 발생빈도와 그 의미를 확인해야 한다. 마음의 고통이 신체증상으로 나타나는 과정에서 1) 고통에 대한 문화적 표현양식 즉 문화적 은유, 2) 전통적인 질병개념, 3) 적응을 위한 사회적 매개체로서의 역할, 4) 신체화를 조장하는 의료제도 내지는 의료분위기 등의 문화사회적 요인들이 중요하게 작용하고 있다. 마음의 고통을 호소하는 통로로서 문화가 매채체 역할을 하고 있는 것이다. 세계화되고 있는 사회에서 횡문화적인 진료가 불가피하게 되고 이에 따라 신체화에 대한 이해와 접근기술이 새로운 과제로 등장하고 있다. 횡문화적 치료적 접근 원리에 대하여 간단히 소개하였고 아울러 한국 문화에서 신체화의 원인과 의미를 고찰하였다.

• 심성연구
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.107-138
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• 2013

현대 임상정신의학이 그동안 잊어버렸거나 소홀히 해온 문화와 심성의 관계를 다음과 같은 내용으로 살펴보았다. 1. 문화 :01) 문화정신의학의 공적과 한계 및 그 해결책 ; 2) C.G. 융의 비 서구문화의 경험 ; 3) 융의 분석심리학적 입장에서 본 문화 ; 4) 문화스펙트럼 모델 2. 심성 :01) 원시시대 및 고대의 심(心) 신(身)관 ; 2) 동양적 심성론 ; 3) 자기Self와 동양사상 문화정신의학은 정신건강문제의 문화적 요인을 규명함으로써 정신의학에 큰 기여를 해왔으나 문화적 차이에만 관심을 집중한 나머지 인류보편의 공통된 심성을 도외시하는 경향이 있었고, 인간의 건강한 심성을 등한시하고 문화의 역사적 측면을 간과하였으며 문화 상호간의 역동적 상호관계의 무의식적 심층적 측면을 보지 못했다. C.G. 융의 여행을 통한 이異 문화 체험 양식과 C.G. 융의 분석심리학설은 이 점에서 문화정신의학의 한계를 넘을 수 있는 가능성을 제시했다. 이에 따르면 인류학자들의 문화에 대한 다양한 개념 속에는 집단적 의식collective consciousness뿐 아니라 집단적 무의식에 뿌리박은 내용이 발견된다. 저자는 이를 효孝를 예로 설명했다. 저자는 또한 문화 스펙트럼cultural spectrum이라는 설명모형을 제창하였는데 한국인의 경우 샤머니즘, 불교, 도교, 유고, 기독교 문화가 한 개체의 인격을 여러 가지 스펙트럼으로 구성됨을 제시하였다. 주로 네 가지 유형을 분류하였는데 그것은 1) 주로 불교문화가 우세한 사람, 2) 주로 유교문화가 우세한 사람, 3) 주로 샤머니즘문화가 우세한 사람, 4) 주로 기독교문화가 우세한 사람이다. 비록 의식표면은 하나의 종교문화가 우세하지만 내면에는 다른 종교문화가 섞이게 되며 가장 심층에 샤머니즘 문화를 공유하고 있다고 보았다. 문화와 정신건강의 관계를 이해하고 치유의 접근을 할 때 이러한 스펙트럼 시각이 필요하다. 저자는 인간심성에 대한 고대중국의 개념과 동양종교의 관념, 그리고 C.G. 융의 자기개념에 대한 이해를 소개하고 이에 비길 수 있는 전체정신의 중심에 관한 한국의 선사, 원효의 생각, 대승기승론의 일심(一心), 노자의 도(道), 이퇴계의 천명도(天命圖), 이기설(理氣說)을 융의 분석심리학적 입장에서 해석하였다. 궁극적으로 정신요법의 목적은 분석심리학적 입장에서는 '하나가 되는 것' 이며 '하나'가 됨은 문화에 제약된 인간으로서가 아니라 문화를 포함하나 이를 넘어선 인간 심성 전체가 되도록 하는 것이다.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2015

Objective : The objective of this study was to examine the mental health status and its correlates of the marriage-migrant women in Seoul, Korea. Methods : One hundred and seventy marriage-migrant women and one hundred and sixteen married Korean women were recruited from community to complete Symptom Check List-90-Revision (SCL-90-R). Marriage-migrant women were also asked for their socio-demographic factors, acculturative stress, family-relationship stress, and social support. The scores on the SCL-90-R were compared between marriage-migrant women and married Korean women, and the correlates of marriage-migrant women's mental health were investigated. Results : Compared to married Korean women, marriage-migrant women showed lower levels of mental health problems including somatization, obsession-compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism. Longer length of residence in Korea, lower family income, social support, higher acculturation stress, and family relationship stress were all associated with mental health problems of marriage-migrant women Results : Our results suggest that mental health of marriage-migrant women is not necessarily bad, and several factors may affect their mental health. However, further studies are required in a larger representative sample to confirm the study findings.