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Therapeutic Approaches to the Patients Who Were Referred for Psychiatric Consultation from Medical Departments - Focused on Evaluation and Understanding - (정신과에 의뢰된 내과계 환자들에 대한 치료적 접근 -환자에 대한 평가와 이해 -)

  • Lee, Jung-Ho;Lee, Gi-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 1993
  • To understand and evaluate the patients who were referred for psychiatric consultation from medical departments, the authors reviewed the concept of disease, psychological reaction to disease, problems on psychiatric diagnosis and evaluation which were encountered at the medical ward. In addition, we reviewed what psychiatrists should do during consultation.

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Studies on Sensory Evaluation -[Part II] Trio Paired Comparison- (관능검사(官能檢査)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) -[제2보(第2報)] 3각1대비교법(3角1對比較法)에 대하여-)

  • Hong, Jin
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.270-278
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    • 1977
  • In case of sensory evaluation with multi-samples and long-period, in spite of using method with good sensitivity, quality differences among samples could net be detected well because of panel's fatigue and tiredness. So new method to reduce panel's sense of psychological and physiological responsibility, "Trio Paired Comparison", is designed, and New Modified Scheffe's Method 2 as the statistical method for a test of "Trio Paired Comparison" is proposed. And also in this paper problems and countermeasures in applicating "Trio Paired Comparison" are considered.

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A case of deep laceration of anterior neck (전경부 절상 1례)

  • 이동수;옥흥남;문성무;이선철
    • Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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    • 1977.06a
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    • pp.8.2-8
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    • 1977
  • There are in many instances emergent cases in traumatic lesions of neck, which require emergency treatment for life saving. The authors experienced a case of multiple lacerations including anterior neck, both forearms and abdomen, that have psychological problems. This is the report of this case along with literature survey.

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DYNAMIC MODEL PREDICTING OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN KOREAN ADOLESCENTS

  • Oh, Chunyoung
    • Honam Mathematical Journal
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.795-808
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    • 2018
  • Adolescent obesity has a high risk of developing into adult obesity and may cause many psychological problems. This paper aims at giving a mathematical model for the obesity of Korean adolescents and predicting how much the prevalence of obesity among adolescents will increase using real data. We estimate that the obesity rate of boys will increase until about 28 ~ 29% in 2025.

Relationship between Traumatic Events, Stress Coping Strategies and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Social Workers in Public Sector (사회복지전담공무원의 외상사건 및 스트레스 대처방식과 외상후스트레스증상 관련성)

  • Lee, Junghyun H.;Kim, Jiae;Sim, Minyoung;Jeon, Kyoungsun;Oh, Seunga;Yang, Jungll;Lee, Yunglyul
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2015
  • Objectives Social workers can suffer from occupational stress resulting from dealing with clients, which might lead to metal health problems. We aimed to investigate the association of duty-related traumatic experiences and stress coping strategies with post-traumatic stress symptoms among social workers in public sector. Methods A total of 110 social workers in public sector (men 30.9%, $36.5{\pm}7.6$ yrs) participated in this study. All subjects were evaluated the frequency and the impact of duty-related traumatic events. Additionally, they completed questionnaires including the Impact of Event Scale-Revised for post-traumatic stress symptoms, the Beck Depression Inventory-II for depressive symptoms, the Scale for Suicidal Ideation for suicide symptoms and the Ways of Coping Checklist for stress coping strategies. Results The most frequent traumatic events were "Violent or abusive language from a client" (95.0%) and "Client made a fuss" (94.5%). The most distressing traumatic event was "Seeing a dead body on duty" (7.6 out of 10), which predicted post-traumatic stress symptoms (odds ratio 4.04 ; 95% confidence interval, 1.79-9.11). Among 4 types of stress coping strategies, the emotion-focused coping was positively correlated with post-traumatic stress symptoms after controlling age and sex (${\beta}$ = 0.50, p < 0.001). Conclusions Social workers in public sector showed high level of post-traumatic stress symptoms. Duty-related traumatic events and the emotional-focused coping strategies were associated with the severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms. The modification of stress coping strategies would alleviate post-traumatic stress symptoms in social workers in public sector.

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.

Psychological Well-being in Mid to Late Adulthood of American: Parent-child Relationship across the Lifespan and Generativity Development (중노년기 미국성인들의 심리적 복지감: 전생애 발달과정의 부모자녀관계와 생산감 발달의 영향)

  • An, Jeong-Shin
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.245-266
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    • 2005
  • This study examined the relationship between parent-child relationship experiences in childhood and adulthood, and individual development and psychological well-being in mid to later life using structural equation modeling with data from 1,882 parents who have at least one child over 18 years old. Findings indicated that receiving more affectionate parenting in childhood was associated with greater generativity development, more positive parental experiences with one's own children, and better psychological well-being in mid to later adulthood. In addition, the effects of received parenting in childhood on psychological well-being after midlife were partially mediated by parental experiences with adult children and generativity development. These findings suggest that early experiences with parents in childhood continuously influence psychological well-being in adulthood through their impact on concurrent family experiences. However, early influences can be redirected through adult experiences too. These findings have implications for the development of intervention programs aimed at promoting volunteer work for older adults, as well as for practitioners who work with families and individuals who are having problems.

A Comparative Study on the Health Status of Urban and Rural Elderly - Pusan, Kyeungnam Area (일부 도시.농촌노인의 건강 상태 비교연구 -부산.경남지역을 중심으로-)

  • Shin, Yoo-Sun
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.237-249
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    • 1997
  • This study was conducted to investigate and to compare the health status of urban and rural elderly in Korea using the following factors: 1) the number of self-reported health problems 2) a self-rating score for health status 3) the number of diagnosed diseases 4) ADL, social health status by IADL and the psychological health status by Life Satisfaction scale developed by Wood and others. The study subjects were the elderly who lived in Pusan(N=150) as an urban area and Kyeungnam(N=300) province as a rural area. The study subjects were sampled at random and the data were collected by trained interviewers from Feb. 1 to Feb. 14, 1995. the data was analyzed in SPSS. The results can be summarized as follows : 1. According to the sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects, the urban elderly group was significantly higher in extended family groups and in practicing regular execise than the rural elderly: and the rural elderly group was higher in having spouses and occupations than the urban group. 2. Concerning health status, the numbers of self-reported health problems(eye problems, back pains, headaches, dental problems, arthritis) and number of diagnosed diseases(hypertension, heart problems, diabetes mellitus, neuralgia, arthritis) were significantly were higher higher in rural areas: the self - rating scores for health status and life satisfaction were higher urban areas. ADL and IADL were similar in both the rural and urban elderly. 3. The correlations were the following: Self-reported health problems and self-rating for health status were significantly correlated negatively(r=-.039, p=.000), but self-reported health problems and the number of diagnosed diseases were significantly positively correlated(r=0. 30, p=.000). IADL and health problems were negatively correlated(r=-0.16, p=.000), but IADL and ADL were significantly positively correlated (r=0.49, p=.000). Life satisfaction and self-rating scores for health status were significantly positively correlated(r=0.26, p=.000).

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A study on Provlem Recognition of Middle-aged Wives in Buying Townwears (중년기 주부의 외출복 구매문제 인식 및 관련변인)

  • 계선자
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.55-70
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    • 1996
  • Followings are the aims of this study: 1) To search various motives of middle-aged wives to buy townwears and subseqent problems as well as to examine socio-demographic variables physical variables and psychological variables and their influences on. 2) To set up theoretical foundation for further studies on this field. The data used in this study included 374 housewives living in Seoul and Pusan. Statistics used for data analysis were frequencies means standard deviation pearson's correlation factor analysis and regression analysis. The findings can be summarized as follows. 1. Middle-aged wives' recogntion of probloms in buying townwears was divided into two : deficiency motive and sufficiency motive. 2. Variables that affect recognition of problem to purchase townwears are three : Sensitivity to fashion preference for well-kinown lables identity of interpersonal relationship. 3 Recognition of problems for middle-aged wives to purchase townwears proved less than averaged and deficiency motive marked higher than that of abundancy.

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Traditional Korean medicine theory based-therapeutic potential of Gung-Gwi-Tang on postpartum obesity: psychosocial aspects of postpartum obesity

  • Kim, Jeong-Hwa;Moon, Phil-Dong
    • CELLMED
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.24.1-24.5
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    • 2012
  • Obesity is psychological and socioeconomic problems as well as health problems related to physical disease and disorder. The obesity epidemic, including a marked increase in the prevalence of obesity among pregnant women, represents a critical public health problem throughout the world. Gung-Gui-Tang (GGT), a prescription of traditional Korean medicine, has been used to treat dizziness due to loss of blood as well as static blood after childbirth. However, the therapeutic potential of GGT on postpartum obesity has not been fully elucidated in an experimental model. In our research, GGT inhibited the increases of body weight and adipose tissues in postpartum mice fed a high-fat diet. GGT also inhibited the elevations of plasma lipid profiles such as triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, and glutamate pyruvate transaminase. Overall, these results provide evidence that GGT can help to inhibit postpartum obesity and open new perspective to recover the shape of mother into the moment of conception.