• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.23-42
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• 2011

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference of somatization psychological mechanism among Sasang constitution. Methods : Subjects were seventy four students of Won-Kwang university responded the questionnaire. We evaulated the subjects using Minnesota Questionnaire for the Sasang Constitution Classification II(QSCC II), Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2(MMPI-2), 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Somato-Sensory Amplification Scale(SSAS), Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire(SIQ) and The Ways of Stress Coping Questionnaire(SCQ). Results : From the results of Clinical scale of MMPI-2, the scores of 2nd, 9th, 10th scales was significantly difference. In Lesser Yin group 10th score was the significantly highest of the others, 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th score were the highest but not significant. and From the results of PSY-5 scale(The Personality Psychopathology Five scale) of MMPI-2, In Lesser Yin goup, INTR(Introversion/Low Positive Emotion) score was significantly highest, PSYC(psychoticism), NEGE (Negative Emotionality/Neuroticism) was higher than the others. In TAS-20K, SSAS, SIQ and SCQ Lesser Yin group was not significantly difference. but Lesser Yin group had the tendency of difficulty describing feelings and externally oriented thinking and higher score in physical and psychological interpretation. We observed generally lower levels of stress coping strategy scores than the others. Conclusions : These results showed that Lesser Yin group tend to somatization compared other constitution.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.473-484
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• 2022

Objectives: To report a case of a patient with a mild depressive episode accompanied by physical symptoms such as hyposmia visiting a Korean medicine hospital who was treated with oriental psychotherapy in parallel with existentialism-based psychotherapy showing improvement. Methods: For this patient, Korean medicine Psychotherapy was mainly used for treatment. In parallel, existential Psychotherapy, acupuncture treatment, and self-relaxation training were implemented. For estimating this treatment, changes in results of Beck Depression Index (BDI), Beck Anxiety Index (BAI), Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Korean Version of Sniffin' Sticks Test (KVSS), Butanol Threshold Test (BTT), Cross-Cultural Smell Identification Test (CC-SIT), and somatic symptoms that the patient subjectively expressed were determined. Results: After the comprehensive treatment, it was confirmed that changes in BDI, BAI, KVSS, BTT, CC-SIT, NRS, and subjective somatic symptoms expressed by the patient all showed improvements. Conclusions: We propose that a comprehensive treatment using Korean medicines Psychotherapy in parallel with existential psychotherapy can be used for patients who complain of physical symptoms accompanied by depression and hyposmia.

• Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.301-305
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• 1995

Subcortical dementia may occur as a complication of cerebral malaria via deep white matter demyelination with encephalitis and diffuse small vessel vasculitis. In subcortical dementia, impairment in attention and frontal executive function are predominant. Patients are often inert, indifferent, and uninterested. They appear characteristically 'slowed up' with a marked deficit in the retrieval of information. Changes in mood, personality, and social conduct are very common. We describe a case of subcortical dementia, who has definite changes in brain MRI after cerebral malaria.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of breath-counting meditation on anxiety disorder patients with panic attack. Methods: Two anxiety disorder patients with panic attack were treated with Breath-counting Meditation, acupunctures, and herb-medications. The patients have been predicted for anxiety disorder with panic attack through Dignosis and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV), Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS), BDI (Beck Depression Inventory), and BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory) on their 1st and 6th treatments. Results: After the treatments, both the physical and psychological symptoms have decreased. Conclusions: This study suggests that the breath-counting meditation is an effective way for treating patients who are suffering from anxiety disorder with panic attack.

• The Journal of Churna Manual Medicine for Spine and Nerves
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2008

Objective : This study is designed to evaluate the effects of an oriental medical therapy, the Chuna Manual Relaxation Therapy on symptom of Panic disorder. Method : The clinical data was analyzed on a patient with Panic disorder whose main symptoms were palpitation, perpirtion, hydrodipsomania, chest pain, burning sensation. Result : After treatment, the patient's main symptoms were disappeared and secondary symptoms were improved. Conclusion : This study suggests that the Chuna Manual Relaxation Therapy is significantly effective in treatment of Panic disorders.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.205-216
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• 1999

Hwabyung is an illness due to stagnated emotion accumulated for a long time and is not rare in the area of neuropsyhchiatric clinics in Korea. It has been widely used among Korean people, and was introduced as culture bound syndrome in DSM-IV. The purpose of this study was to investigate the origin of Hwabyung, and concepts using at past. Hwabyung is described in 'Choson Wangjo Silok' in 1603 (Sonjo 37th year) at first. The explanation about Hwabyung in 'Choson Wangjo Silok' contain etiology, pathology, symptoms and treatment, is closely related with the meaning through Korean Traditional Medicine.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.105-113
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Sunhyangjungkisan on the learning and memory ability in rats. For this purpose we have evoked cerebral dysfunction in rats with NOS inhibitor and then performed the Morris water maze task for each rat. We have found that Sunghyangjungkisan have some improving effedts on impaired learning and memort ability in the NOS inhibitor treated rat. In these improving effects, memory effect was more evident then learning effect. This result implies that Sunghyangjungkisan may be one of useful prescriptions for treatment of vascular dementia after cerebral ischemia.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.223-230
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• 2001

We experienced one case of schizophrenia. A patient who has hypertetyion & c.v.a as a past history was suffer from conspitation, headache, nausea, sweating, insomnia, & etc. This study is peformed to find out gypsum fibrosum enema theraphy has a clinical effect on constipation with schizophrenia. Gypsum fibrosum enema theraphy has a sufficient effect. Altought, the most important thing is that schizophrenia is almost due to seven feelings. So maybe more and more studies are need in the schizophrenia & seven feelings.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.289-297
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• 2008

Attention Deficif and Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) is a behavioral disoerder characterized by inattentiveness, impulsivity and hyperactivity, This is the case of a ADHD child treated with Neurofeedback therapy. ADHD Diagnotic System(ADS), Conner;s parent rating scale, ADHD-Rating Scale (ARS), Korean Child Behavior Checklist(K-CBCL) were compared between before and after Neurofeedback theraphy. And the EEG(Theta wave, SMR wave and Beta wave) data of each ession was analysed. As a result, Neurofeedback therapy is efficient in the treatment of ADHD.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.301-308
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• 2005

Pain disorder is the chronic syndrome that onset and change of pain is associated with mood change. But the patient of pain disorder can't perceive their inner conflict. We experienced a 58 year-old woman who had general pain, and whose condition was improved through oriental medical treatment. In this case, we assessed the pain disorder patient at MMPI. So we learned out the patient's inner conflict and dynamic. The applicability of understanding with MMPI has positive effects on the patient with Panic disorder.