• 정신신체의학
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2023

연구목적 본 연구는 정신과 질환을 앓는 환자에서 자살시도 과거력 여부와 자살시도 횟수에 따라 중성구 대 림프구 비율, 혈소판 대 림프구 비율이 유의한 차이가 있는지를 확인하여 해당 수치가 자살시도 위험성을 예측하는 데에 활용할 수 있는 지표인지를 확인하고자 하였다. 방법 건양대학교병원 정신건강의학과에서 2021년 3월 1일부터 2023년 2월 28일 이내에 입원 치료를 받았던 환자들을 대상으로 의무기록 검토를 하여 인구학적 특성으로 성별, 내원 시 나이, 학력, 결혼 여부, 직업 여부를 조사하였으며 임상적 특성으로 혈액검사 결과, 정신과적 진단명, 이전 자살시도 과거력, 자살 시도로 인한 손상 정도, 자살시도 방법을 조사하였다. 자살시도 과거력의 유무에 따른 인구 사회학적 차이를 확인하고자 연속형 변수의 경우 T 검정, 범주형 변수의 경우 카이제곱 검정을 시행하였으며 여기서 유의미한 결과가 나온 성별과 나이를 공변량으로 하여 두 군 간의 말초혈액의 염증 지표의 평균값을 비교하고자 일원 배치 공분산 분석을 시행하였다. 또한, 자살시도 횟수에 따른 말초혈액의 염증 지표의 유의미한 차이가 있는지를 확인하고자 일원 배치 분산분석을 시행하였다. 결과 본 연구의 최종 분석 대상은 266명으로 자살시도 과거력이 있는 환자는 101명, 자살시도 과거력이 없었던 환자는 165명이었다. 자살시도 과거력이 있는 정신과 환자가 자살시도 과거력이 없는 정신과 환자보다 성별과 나이를 통제하고 나서도 중성구 대 림프구 비율(p<0.001), 혈소판 대 림프구 비율(p<0.001)가 상승하여 있었으나 자살시도의 횟수에 따라서는 중성구 대 림프구 비율, 혈소판 대 림프구 비율은 통계적으로 유의미한 순차적인 상승이 확인되지 않았다. 결론 본 연구는 중성구 대 림프구 비율과 혈소판 대 림프구 비율이 정신과 환자에게서의 자살시도 위험성을 예측할 수 있는 의미 있고 쉽게 접근 가능한 지표임을 제안하며 향후 이러한 사실을 검증하기 위한 보다 많은 대상자를 선정하고 잠재적 교란변수를 통제한 전향적인 후속 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.131-139
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• 1995

Clozapine은 정형적 항정신병약물에 반응하지 않는 불응성 정신분열증 환자에게 효과적이며, 추체외로부작용이 적은 비정형적 향정신병약물로 보고되고있다. 따라서 저자들은 불응성 정신분열증환자를 대상으로 clozapine의 항정신병효과 및 부좌용에 대해 대표적 전형적 항정신병약물인 haloperidol과 비교연구하였다. 대상환자를 clozapine투여군(17명) 과 haloperidol 투여군 (16명)으로 나누어 12주 동안 각각의 약물을 투여하는 전향적 개방대조연구를 하였다. 두가지 약물의 치료효과와 부작용은 BPRS, PANSS, Simpson-Angus Rating Scale 및 Adverse Events-Somatic Symptoms를 사용하여 평가하였다. 약물투여 12주후 clozapine투여군이 76.5% 에서 치료반응을 보인데 비해 haloperidol투여군은 31.2%의 치료반응을 보임으로써 두약물 투여군간에 유의한 차이가 있었다. BPRS와 PANSS 척도상 clozapine투여군이 haloperidol투여군에 비하여 BPRS, PANSS 양성증상 및 일반증상 척도는 약물투여 8주후부터, PANSS 음성척도는 약물투여 4주후부터 12주까지 일관성있게 지속적으로 의미있는 호전을 보였다. Clozapine투여군에서는 타액분비(70.6%), 졸리움(52.9%), 변비(29.4%) 및 저혈압(23.4%)이, haloperidol투여군은 진전(37.5%), 정좌불능(25.0%), 강직(18.8%) 및 무운동(18.8%)이 흔히 보고되었다. 하지만 두약물 투여군 모두에서 대부분 경미하고 환자가 견딜 정도였다. Clozapine투여군에서 약물투여 전에 비해서 약물투여 12주후 백혈구와 호중구의 유의한 변화는 없었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해볼 때, clozapine은 정형적 항정신병약물에 치료효과가 없거나 추체외로부작용 때문에 약물투여가 어려운 경우의 한국인 불응성 정신분열증환자에게 효과적인 비정형적 항정신병약물이다.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.22-32
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the occurrence of toxic exposure cases in Korean emergency centers using a toxic exposure surveillance system-based report form and to provide guidelines for the prevention and treatment of toxic exposures. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of toxic exposure patients who had visited emergency centers from January 2009 to December 2009. Epidemiology data points for the toxic exposure cases included age, gender, type of exposure, number and kind of substances involved, reason and route of poison exposure, management of the patients in the emergency departments, and the clinical outcome. Results: A total of 3,501 patients from 12 emergency departments were enrolled in the study. 50.0% of the total exposure patients were male and 63.0% of the total cases were fatal. Acute intoxication occurred in 91.3% of the total patients and suicidal intent was the most common (43.3%) reason for exposure. The most common route of exposure was ingestion (75.9%). Of the total cases, pesticides were involved in 26.3%, sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics were involved in 22.0%, and bites and envenomations were involved in 15.7%. Conclusion: We provided a database of patients who were admitted to emergency departments after poisoning incidents. We recommend that toxicology professionals develop a classification scheme for toxicants which is adequate for Korean domestic circumstances and initiate a toxic surveillance system for all types of exposures. With support of a psychiatric surveillance system for suicidal patients and establishment of social mediation for pesticide poisoning, major reductions in poison exposures can be achieved.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2022

Purpose: Alcohol is one of the most commonly co-ingested agents in deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) cases presenting at the emergency department (ED). The increased impulsivity, aggressiveness, and disinhibition caused by alcohol ingestion may have different clinical features and outcomes in cases of DSP. This study investigates whether alcohol co-ingestion affects the clinical features and outcomes of DSP patients in the ED. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study. We investigated DSP cases who visited our ED from January 2010 to December 2016. Patients were classified into two groups: with (ALC+) or without (ALC-) alcohol co-ingestion. The clinical features of DSP were compared by considering the co-ingestion of alcohol, and the factors related to discharge against medical advice (AMA) of DSP were analyzed. Results: A total of 689 patients were included in the study, with 272 (39.5%) in the ALC+ group. Majority of the ALC+ group patients were middle-aged males (45-54 years old) and arrived at the ED at night. The rate of discharge AMA from ED was significantly higher in the ALC+ group (130; 47.8%) compared to the ALC- group (p=0.001). No significant differences were obtained in the poisoning severity scores between the two groups (p=0.223). Multivariate analysis revealed that alcohol co-ingestion (odds ratio [OR]=1.42; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-1.98), alert mental status (OR=1.65; 95% CI, 1.17-2.32), past psychiatric history (OR=0.04; 95% CI, 0.01-0.28), age >65 years (OR=0.42; 95% CI, 0.23-0.78), and time from event to ED arrival >6 hrs (OR=0.57; 95% CI, 0.37-0.88) were independent predictive factors of discharge AMA (p=0.043, p=0.004, p=0.001, p=0.006, and p=0.010, respectively). Conclusion: Our results determined a high association between alcohol co-ingestion and the outcome of discharge AMA in DSP patients. Emergency physicians should, therefore, be aware that DSP patients who have co-ingested alcohol may be uncooperative and at high risk of discharge AMA.

• 의료법학
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.331-393
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• 2010

Psychiatrists who treat violent or potentially violent patients may be sue for failure to control aggressive outpatients and for the discharge of violent inpatients. Psychiatrists may be sued for failing to protect society from the violent acts of their patients if it was reasonable for the psychiatrists to have known or should have known about the patient's violent tendencies and if the psychiatrists could have done something that could have safeguarded in public. The courts of a number of jurisdictions have imposed a duty to protect the potential victims of a third party on persons or institutions with a special relationship to that party. In the landmark case of Tarasoff v Regents of University of California, the California Supreme Court held that the special relationship between a psychotherapist and a patient imposes on the therapist a duty to act reasonably to protect the foreseeable victims of the patient. Under Tarasoff, when a therapist has determined, or under applicable professional standards should determine, that a patient poses a serious threat of violence to another, he incurs an obligation to use reasonable care to protect the intended victim against such danger. In addition to a Tarasoff type of action based on a duty to warn or protect foreseeable victims of psychiatric outpatients, courts have also imposed liability on mental health care providers based on their custody of patients known to have violent propensities. The legal duty in such a case has been stated to be that where the course of treatment of a mental patient involves an exercise of "control" over him by a physician who knows or should know that the patient is likely to cause bodily harm to others, an independent duty arises from that relationship and falls on the physician to exercise that control with such reasonable care as to prevent harm to others at the hands of the patient. After going through a period of transition, from McIntosh, Thompson and Brady case, finally, the narrow rule of requiring a specific or foreseeable threat of violence against a specific or identifiable victim is the standard threshold or trigger element in the majority of states. Judgements on these kinds of cases are not enough yet in Korea, so that it may be too early to try find principles in these cases, however it is hardly wrong to read the same reasons of Tarasoff in the judgements of Korea district courts. To specific, whether a psychiatric institute was liable for violent behavior toward others depends upon the patients conditions, circumstances and the extent of the danger the patients poses to others; in short, the foreseeability of a specific or identifiable victim. In this context if a patient exhibit strong violent behavior toward others, constant observation should be required. Negligence has been found not exist, however, when a patient abruptly and unexpectedly attack others or unidentifiable victim. And the standard of conduct that is required to meet the obligation of "due care" is based on what the "reasonable practitioner" would do in like circumstances. The standard is not one of excellence or superior practice; it only requires that the physician exercise that degree of skill and care that would be expected of the average qualified practitioner practicing under like circumstances. All these principles have been established in cases of the U.S.A and Japan. In this article you can find the reasons which you can use for psychotherapist's liability for failure to protect third person in Korea as practitioner.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2012

연구목적 : 본 연구는 경도인지장애(Mild cognitive impairment, 이하 MCI)와 알쯔하이머형 치매(Dementia of Alzheimer's type, 이하 AD)의 신경정신증상 빈도와 점수를 조사하고 비교 분석한 뒤, 인지기능과 Korean Neuropsychiatric Inventory(K-NPI) 결과와의 상관관계를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : MCI 또는 AD를 진단받은 163명의 환자들을 세 군으로 분류하였다. K-NPI를 이용하여 MCI 환자 55명, 경도의 AD 환자 56명, 중등도 이상의 AD 환자 52명을 대상으로 신경정신증상을 조사하였고, 세 군간의 K-NPI의 부척도별 빈도와 composite score를 비교하였다. 결 과 : MCI군에서 가장 흔한 증상은 우울/불쾌감, 수면/야간행동, 불안, 과민/불안정 순이었다. 경도 AD군에서의 증상은 초조/공격, 우울/불쾌감, 불안, 무감동/무관심, 수면/야간행동 순으로 빈번하게 나타났다. 중등도 이상 AD 군에서는 무감동/무관심, 우울/불쾌감, 초조/공격, 망상 순이었다. 이 중 망상, 환각, 초조/공격, 무감동/무관심, 이상행동증상, 식욕/식습관의 변화의 빈도는 세 군 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 나타내었다. 총 NPI 점수는 MMSE-KC 점수와는 음의 상관관계를, GDS와는 양의 상관관계를 보였고, 모두 통계적으로 유의하였다. 결 론 : 신경정신증상은 MCI, AD에서 흔히 보이는데, 본 연구에서는 MCI와 경도의 AD에서 이들 증상들이 유사한 양상을 나타내었다. 정신증은 중등도 이상 AD에서 가장 흔하게 나타났고, 이로 인해 더욱 빠른 인지기능의 저하를 초래할 수 있다. 따라서 MCI와 AD의 각 진행 단계에 따른 적절한 치료가 필요하다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2008

목 적 만성 알코올 환자의 정신과적 치료에 있어 금주는 가장 기본적이고 필수적인 요소이다. 여러 연구들은 알코올 섭취량과 심혈관계 위험도 사이에'J'자형 또는'U'자형의 관계를 보고하고 있다. 따라서 금주 치료가 심혈관계 위험도를 감소시킬 것으로 예상되나, 심혈관계 위험도와 밀접한 관련을 맺고 있는 혈청 지질에 대한 연구들은 다소 상반된 결과를 보고하고 있다. 본 연구는 만성 알코올 환자에서 단기간의 금주가 혈청 지질에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보는 것이다. 방 법 저자들은 DSM-IV 진단기준에 따라 알코올 의존으로 진단되어 정신과 폐쇄병동에 입원한 28명의 남자 환자를 대상으로 1개월 간의 금주 치료 전후 혈청 지질농도를 비교하였다. 결 과 1개월간의 금주 후에 혈청 중성지방과 고밀도 지단백 농도가 저하되는 것으로 나타났다. 총콜레스테롤과 저밀도 지단백 농도는 통계적으로 유의미한 변화를 보이지 않았으나 각각 감소, 증가하는 경향성을 보였다. 결 론 금주 치료가 혈청 지질 상태를 개선시켜 심혈관계 위험도를 줄여줄 수 있을 것이라는 기대와는 달리, 1개월 간의 금주는 심혈관계 위험도와 음의 상관관계가 있는 고밀도 지단백의 농도를 감소시키는 결과를 보였다. 이는 기존의 몇몇 연구에서 보고된 바와 같이, 단기간의 금주는 오히려 일시적으로 심혈관계 위험도를 높일 우려가 있는 것으로, 알코올 의존 환자에 대한 금주 치료시 심혈관계 질환에 대한 주의가 필요함을 시사한다고 하겠다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권14호
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• pp.6033-6038
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• 2015

Background: Experience of lung cancer includes negative impacts on both physical and psychological health. Pain is one of the negative experiences of lung cancer. Cognitive behavioral therapy techniques are often recommended as treatments for lung cancer pain. The objective of this review was to synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy techniques in treating lung cancer pain. This review considered studies that included lung cancer patients who were required to 1) be at least 18 years old; 2) speak and read English or Thai; 3) have a life expectancy of at least two months; 4) experience daily cancer pain requiring an opioid medication; 5) have a positive response to opioid medication; 6) have "average or usual" pain between 4 and 7 on a scale of 0-10 for the day before the clinic visit or for a typical day; and 7) able to participate in a pain evaluation and treatment program. This review considered studies to examine interventions for use in treatment of pain in lung cancer patients, including: biofeedback, cognitive/attentional distraction, imagery, hypnosis, and meditation. Any randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined cognitive behavioral therapy techniques for pain specifically in lung cancer patients were included. In the absence of RCTs, quasi-experimental designs were reviewed for possible conclusion in a narrative summary. Outcome measures were pain intensity before and after cognitive behavioural therapy techniques. The search strategy aimed to find both published and unpublished literature. A three-step search was utilised by using identified keywords and text term. An initial limited search of MEDLINE and CINAHL was undertaken followed by analysis of the text words contained in the title and abstract, and of the index terms used to describe the article. A second search using all the identified keywords and index terms was then undertaken across all included databases. Thirdly, the reference list of all identified reports and articles were searched for additional studies. Searches were conducted during January 1991- March 2014 limited to English and Thai languages with no date restriction. Materials and Methods: All studies that met the inclusion criteria were assessed for methodological quality by three reviewers using a standardized critical appraisal tool from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). Three reviewers extracted data independently, using a standardized data extraction tool from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). Ideally for quantitative data meta-analysis was to be conducted where all results were subject to double data entry. Odds ratios (for categorical data) and weighted mean differences (for continuous data) and their 95% confidence intervals were to be calculated for analysis and heterogeneity was to be assessed using the standard Chi-square. Where statistical pooling was not possible the finding were be presented in narrative form. Results: There were no studies located that met the inclusion requirements of this review. There were also no text and opinion pieces that were specific to cognitive behavioral therapy techniques pain and lung cancer patients.Conclusions: There is currently no evidence available to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy techniques for pain in lung cancer patients.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2019

연구목적 본 연구에서는 섬망 증상 조절을 위한 항정신병약물 처방에 영향을 주는 임상적 특징을 알아보고자 한다. 방 법 연세대학교 원주세브란스 기독병원에 입원하여 정신건강의학과에 협진 의뢰된 환자 중, 일반신체질환에 의한 섬망으로 진단된 185명을 대상으로 후향적 의무기록을 조사하였다. 항정신병약물을 사용한 군과 사용하지 않은 군으로 구분하여 임상적 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 항정신병약물 사용군은 129명(66.5%)으로 정신과약물 사용력이 많았다. 특히 벤조디아제핀계 약물 사용력에서 두 군 간에 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 섬망평가척도 대다수에서 항정신병약물 사용군이 높은 점수를 보였다. 결 론 항정신병약물 사용군은 섬망의 외현 증상이 두드러지며 기저에 벤조디아제핀계 약물 복용력이 높았다. 이는 벤조디아제핀이 섬망의 경과와 외현 증상에 영향을 주었을 가능성이 있다. 임상 현장에서 예후에 영향을 줄 수 있는 섬망의 임상적 특징에 대한 이해가 축적되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.116-133
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• 2002

Background : It is very common in Korea to take care of non-acute patients in an acute setting, due to the lack of long-term facilities. Long term hospitalization increase medical expenses and decreases the bed utilization, which can affect the urgent and emergent admissions, and eventually jeopardize the hospital financially. In this study, strategies for effective transfers to the lower levels of care, and to decrease the length of stay were presented by surveying and analyzing the patient's knowledge of the transfer needs, and the willingness to transfer those whose hospital length of stay was more than 30days. Method : The survey is subject to a group of 251 patients who have been hospitalized over 30 days in a general hospital in Seoul. Excluding those that were in the Intensive Care Unit and psychiatric ward, 214 in-patients were used as participants. They were surveyed from April 9, 2002 to April 17, 2002. One hundred and thirty seven out of 214 were responded which made the response rate 64%. Data were analyzed by SAS and SPSS. Result : Multi-variable Logistic Regression Analysis showed a significant effect in medical expenses, knowledge of referral system and the information of the receiving hospital. The financial burden in medical expenses made the patient 10.7 times more willing to be transferred, knowledge of the referral system made them 5 times more willing to be transferred, and the information of receiving hospital makes 6.5 times more willing to be transferred. Reasons for willing to be transferred to a lower level of care were the phase of physical therapy, the distance from home, the attending physician's advice and being unable to be treated as an out patient. Reasons for refusing to be transferred were the following. The attending physician's competency, not being ready to be discharged, not trusting the receiving hospital's competency due to the lack of information, or never hearing about the referring system by the attending physician. Conclusion : Based on this, strategies for the effective transfer to the lower levels of care were suggested. It is desirable for the attending physician to be actively involved by making an effort to explain the transfer need, and referring to the Healthcare Coordinating Center, which can help the patient make the right decision. Nationwide networking for the referral system is the another key factor that may need to be suggested as an alternative to decrease the medical expenses. Collaborating with the Home Health Agency for the early discharge planning and the Social Service Department for financial aid are also needed. It is recommended that the hospital should expedite the transfer process by prioritizing the cost and the information as medical expenses, knowledge of referring system and the information of the receiving hospital, are the most important factors to the willingness to transfer to a lower level of care.