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Promoting Mental Health Literacy at Schools in South Korea

  • Jeewook Choi
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2023
  • The onset of many lifelong mental illnesses is during childhood and adolescence. There has been an increase in these conditions among children and adolescents especially, during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is essential to promote mental health literacy (MHL) as a preventive and universal intervention for children and adolescents. Positive mental health status in adolescence is related to an increased level of MHL, and various MHL programs at schools have been reported to be effective for adolescent students worldwide. Recently, MHL programs have been developed in South Korea to be used by schoolteachers. There is a need for active dissemination and development of future programs. For continuous and effective education, it is desirable to include MHL education in regular school curricula.

Influencing Factors on File-up Stress of Family Caregivers with a Family Member having a Chronic Mental Illness (만성정신질환자 가족의 누적스트레스와 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • 한금선;이평숙;박은숙;박영주;유호신;강현철
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.586-594
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    • 2004
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing file-up family stress in the family with a family member having a chronic mental illness. Method: Data was collected by questionnaires from 365 families with a member having a chronic mental illness, in an outpatient clinic of a General Hospital and Government Psychiatric Hospital in Seoul. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. Result: The score of file-up stress showed a significantly negative correlation with the score of level of hardiness (r=-.31, p=.00), family support (r=-.13, p=.00), family cohesion (r=-.25, p=.00), and sense of coherence (r=-.26, p=.00). The most powerful predictor of file-up stress was family hardiness and the variance was 11.1%. Acombination of hardiness, family support, and sense of coherence account for 14.8 % of the variance in file-up stress of the family with a member having a chronic mental illness. Conclusion: This study suggests that family support, hardiness, cohesion, and sense of coherence are significant influencing factors on file-up stress in the family with a member having a chronic mental illness.

Recognition of Reasonable Causation in Cases of Mentally Ill Patients Committing Suicide and the Adequate Level of Damages (투신 사고와 자살 사이의 상당인과관계 인정과 손해배상의 범위에 대한 소고 - 대법원 2007.1.11. 선고 2005다44015 판결을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Jung-Sun
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.165-196
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    • 2008
  • Recently the Supreme Court held that "in cases in which a patient suffering from a mental disorder attempts to commit suicide, fails, and then succeeds in a subsequent attempt, the following circumstances must be present in order to acknowledge reasonable causation between the negligence of the hospital with regards to taking care of the patient and the death of the patient; there must have existed negligence on the part of the hospital with regards to their failure to stop the 1stsuicide attempt, injurious aftereffects must have been caused to the patient by the1stsuicide attempt, and said aftereffects must have been the main cause for the 2nd successful suicide attemtp." This, in effect, lessens the requirements of past holdings of the Supreme Court which held that "to acknowledge reasonable causation between the negligence of the hospital and the patient that commits suicide, the patient must have experienced such severe physical and mental suffering from the previous attempt so that they could not help but choose to commit suicide". The fact that the Supreme Court did not clearly state such changes in their view on this matter should be corrected. Also, the fact that the court only held the hospital liable for damages of less than 50 million won, only calculating damages up to the point when the deceased passed, is inadequate compared to other cases and should be corrected.

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Infestation rate of lice in patients in a mental hospital, Seoul, Korea (서울소재 한 정신병원 환자들의 이 감염 상황)

  • Sun Huh;Jina Kook;Jong-Yil Chai;Ki-Soo Pai
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.275-276
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    • 1994
  • We examined the infestation rate of head and/or body lice in patients in a mental hospital, Seoul, Korea on June 27-28, 1988. Of 438 women, 146 (33.3%) were positive with nits or worms of louse. Of 143 men, 22 (15.4%) were positive with those of louse . Regular control programs were necessary to this hospital.

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Effects of Occupational Risk Factors on Mental Health of Hospital Facility Temporary and Contract Workers (병원 시설 파견·용역 근로자들의 업무상 위험요인이 정신건강에 미치는 효과)

  • Jang, Ki-Won;Lee, Jung Min
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.451-460
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    • 2021
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine occupational risk factors that affect the mental health (depression, anxiety, anger, insomnia, self-esteem, trauma) of hospital facility workers. Methods: A survey was conducted from November 17, 2020 to December 1, 2020 for 700 non-medical workers (Temporary and contract workers: cleaning, security, information, office workers, etc.) working at a general hospital in Seoul. Results: As a result of the study, the risk of musculoskeletal disorders was found to have a significant effect on depression, anxiety, insomnia, and trauma. Noise had a significant effect on depression and anger, dust hazard had an effect on depression and self-esteem, and high temperature had a significant effect on anxiety and insomnia. Conclusions: Based on these results, it is necessary to examine the influence of occupational risk factors to improve the mental health of non-medical hospital facility workers.

No Association of $CYP2D6^*4$ and $CYP2D6^*10$ Polymorphisms with Tardive Dyskinesia in Korean Schizophrenics (한국인 정신분열병 환자의 지연성 운동장애와 $CYP2D6^*4$$CYP2D6^*10$ 다형성들의 연합에 대한 고찰)

  • Woo, Sung-Il;Kang, Dong-Woo;Seo, Han-Gil;Kim, Bong-Jo;Lee, In-Sang;Jeong, Geun-Hoa;Park, So-Young;Jung, Chi-Yeong;Lee, Hwan-Cheol;Jeong, Kyeong-Cheon;Sohn, Jin-Wook
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.140-146
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    • 2000
  • P450 CYP2D6 enzyme(=debrisoquine hydroxylase) is known to metabolize many neuroleptics and some genetic polymorphisms in the CYP2D6 gene were reported to be associated with tardive dyskinesia(TD). We investigeted the association of two genetic polymorphisms in the CYP2D6 gene, $CYP2D6^*4$ and $CYP2D6^*10$, with TD in Korean schizophrenic subjects. Subjects consisted of 71 Korean schizophrenics and TD was evaluated using the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS). There were no statistically significant differences in the demographic variables of age, male to female percentage and the current antipsychotic(CPZ equivalent) dose between the group with TD and the group without TD. But the duration of antipsychotic drug exposure was significantly higher in the group without TD(p=0.000, by independent t-test). The mean AIMS score in the group with TD was $11.2{\pm}6.6$(S.D.). Genotypings for the presence of $CYP2D6^*4$ and $CYP2D6^*10$ were done using PCR amplifications and endonuclease digestions. There were no statistically significant genotypic and alleleic associations between TD and $CYP2D6^*4$(by chisquare tests), and between TD and $CYP2D6^*10$(by chi-square tests). These results indicate that the $CYP2D6^*4$ and $CYP2D6^*10$ polymorphisms have no significant roles in the causation of TD.

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The Effect of Mental Practice on Motor Task Performance Accuracy (정신훈련이 운동과제 수행시 정확도에 미치는 효과)

  • Lee, Kyung-Sook;Jung, You-Jin;Cheon, Myung-Soon;Current, Marion E.
    • Physical Therapy Korea
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.40-45
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mental practice in increasing accuracy of performance during motor task. Forty healthy students aged 17 years were randomly assigned to two groups. The experimental group(n=20) performed mental practice; the control group(n=20) performed nothing. The task was dotting. No significant change was seen between pre and post test subtest results following mental practice sessions(p>0.05). The experimental group's accuracy improved a little but this was not valuable statistically(p>0.05). We could not prove that mental practice was effective in increasing accuracy of motor task performance.

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The Present State of Training System for Mental Health Professionals (우리나라 정신보건전문요원 수련제도 현황 및 개선방향)

  • Chae, Eun-Hee;Lee, Hyo Young
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.175-189
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the present state of training system for mental health professionals. There are some topics which must be improved in the training system, like as reinforcement of qualification of the trainers, introduction of assessment system of the training, and other the quality improvement measures for the training system. Finally, the speciality and capability of mental health professionals will be promoted by supplements of the problematic matters and these efforts will be directly helpful to the people who has mental illnesses.

A Pilot Study on the Development and the Effect of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Undergraduates at Mental Health High Risk (정신건강 고위험군 대학생을 위한 인지행동치료적 개입의 개발 및 효과 확인 예비 연구)

  • Kim, Jihye;An, Sun-Hee;Park, You Jin;Park, Sehwan;Jhung, Kyungun
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 2022
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to develop a cognitive-behavioral intervention for college students at high risk for mental health and to investigate its effect on mental health outcomes. Methods : The program was developed to reduce depressive symptoms and adverse outcomes while promoting resilience and positive effects. It consisted of eight sessions in a small group format for eight weeks. Thirty subjects at high risk for mental health participated in the program. Outcomes on the depressive symptoms, resilience, satisfaction with life, negative affect, and positive affect were evaluated at pre-and post-intervention. Results : Depressive symptom scores reduced significantly post-intervention compared to pre-intervention (t=3.51, p=0.002). Resilience scores (t=-3.65, p=0.001) and satisfaction with life scores (t=-3.00, p=0.006) increased after intervention than pre-intervention. Positive affect scores decreased post-intervention (t=2.28, p=0.031). There was no significant difference between pre-and post-intervention negative affect scores (t=-0.94, p=0.356). Conclusions : Present study demonstrated that group-based cognitive-behavioral intervention could be helpful for college students at high risk for mental health to reduce mental health symptoms and improve healthy protective factors.

Symptom Bother, Physical and Mental Stress, and Health-related Quality of Life in Women with Overactive Bladder Syndrome (과민성방광증후군 여성의 증상 심각도, 스트레스 및 건강 관련 삶의 질)

  • Kim, Mi-Young;Kim, Young-Hea;Lee, Jeong-Zoo;Son, Hyun-Mi
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.295-305
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify the relationships among symptom bother, physical and mental stress and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome. Methods: The participants were 106 women who were diagnosed with OAB (urgency, urge urinary incontinence, frequency, and/or nocturia) at P university hospital. Data were collected from Dec 23, 2011 to Aug 31, 2012. Results: The mean score for symptom bother was 43.1 points, for physical stress, 12.8 which was slightly higher than mental stress (11.8), and for HRQoL, 63.9. For symptom type, there were statistically significant differences in the symptom bother (F=8.67, p<.001) and HRQL (F=3.32, p=.023). The Symptom bother of OAB was positively correlated with physical stress (r=.23, p=.014) and mental stress (r=.33, p<.001) and negatively correlated with the subscales of HRQoL; coping (r=-.66, p<.001), concern (r=-.71, p<.001), sleep (r=-.59, p<.001), and social interaction (r=-.58, p<.001). Conclusion: From the results, bother symptom was associated with physical, mental stress and HRQoL. These results suggest that nursing intervention programs for OAB should be developed not only to relieve the symptoms but also to reduce stress and improve the quality of life.