• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2020

Objectives: Adolescent suicide, a major cause of adolescent death, is affected by various factors, including attitudes toward suicide. This study investigated the association between parenting style and adolescents' attitudes toward suicide and the mediating role of attitude toward suicide between parenting style and suicidal ideation. Methods: We surveyed 1,071 adolescents from eight middle schools in Incheon, Korea. The survey included sociodemographic information, attitudes toward suicide, perception of parenting style, depression severity, and suicidality. Results: Students in the authoritarian parenting group had a more permissive attitude toward suicide compared with the democratic and permissive parenting groups. These students considered that suicide is justified in certain situations and that choosing suicide is an individual's right. They also had a negative attitude toward talking about suicide or intervening in others' suicide. This association remained statistically significant after adjusting for the impact of confounding factors that could affect attitudes toward suicide, except for suicidal processes and preparedness to prevent suicide. In the mediation analysis, we observed that some factors of the attitudes toward suicide mediated between authoritarian parenting attitudes and suicidal ideation, namely, suicide as a right, preventability, suicide as normal/common, preparedness to prevent suicide, and resignation. Conclusion: This study revealed the significant impact of parenting style on children's attitudes toward suicide. Educating parents about the appropriate parenting attitudes-sympathetic and rational-can help prevent youth suicide.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.240-250
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• 2013

자살 생각을 초기에 발견하는 것은 자살을 예방하는 데 중요하다. 본 연구는 의료 현장에서 사용될 수 있는 간단한 스크리닝 도구를 개발하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 자살위험 스크리닝 도구는 의사들이 빠르고 쉽게 사용할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 미국 알래스카 Norton Sound region의 Screening for Depression and Thoughts of Suicide라는 도구로부터 2개의 항목으로 구성된 스크리닝 도구를 만들었다. 이 도구는 개인식별번호를 제외하는 등 한국의 실정에 맞게 양식이 수정되었으며 한국형 자살위험 스크리닝 도구로 이름붙였다. 이 도구의 신뢰성과 적용가능성은 7명의 의사들을 통해 검토되었다. 이 도구의 타당성은 4개의 의료기관에서 325명의 환자들을 조사하여 현재의 정신건강 상태를 외부 기준으로 하여 확인하였다. 이와 같은 2개 문항으로 구성된 자살위험 스크리닝 도구는 정신과 의사 및 기타 의사들에 의해 환자의 자살경향을 발견하는데 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.10-18
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• 2013

The increasing suicide rate is a serious problem in Korea. Because of increased awareness of suicidality as a problem and because completed suicide is the fourth leading cause of death, it is very important to assess the risk of suicide. The purpose of this review is to provide a systematic examination of predictive validity of measures of suicidal ideation and behavior. A number of instruments are described as useful for identifying individuals "at high risk" for suicidal behavior. However, the predictive validity for most suicide measures has not been established. The present review only includes suicide assessment instruments with published predictive validity. In addition to evaluating the suicide assessment with respect to predictive validity, the present review describes and summarizes the psychometric properties of each measure. In conclusion, because of the complexity of studying the risk of suicide and the paucity of well-designed studies, it is extremely difficult to compare and generalize these findings. In addition, only a few instruments, such as the Scale for Suicide Ideation, Suicide Intent Scale and the Beck Hopelessness Scale, have been found to be significant risk factors for completed suicide. Another problem in the field involves that there have been few suicide measures designed for elderly populations. Clearly, future research is needed to investigate the predictive validity of standardized measures for completed suicide, especially targeting elderly populations.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.294-301
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• 2011

Objectives : This study investigated factors related to suicide in high school students and focused on perceived academic performance. Methods : We surveyed 293 grade 10 high-school students in Jeju and Gyeonggi provinces and gave them self-assessment questionnaires. To evaluate the suicide risk, the questionnaire included questions about suicidal thoughts, plans, threats, deliberate self-injury, and suicide attempts from the Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI). Also, it included the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Locus of Control Scale (LOC), Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale (RSE) and Perceived Academic Performance (PAP) to identify factors related to suicide in high school students. Results : Depression, hopelessness, and low self-esteem were related with suicidal thoughts, plans, attempts, and severe suicidal ideation (SSI score${geq}$16). In the multivariate analysis, a low level of PAP (OR=3.796, 95%CI 1.280-11.257) was significantly associated with severe suicidal ideation (SSI score${geq}$16). Deliberate self-injury was most prevalent in failing the PAP group and also having a high level of PAP (OR=6.161, 95%CI 1.474-25.760). Conclusion : The authors found that the suicide risk of high school students is related to depression, hopelessness, low self-esteem and a low level of PAP. These results provide significant indicators in planning an adolescent suicide prevention program.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.2882-2892
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• 2014

본 연구는 재가 취약계층 여성 노인을 대상으로 한 우울 자살예방 프로그램을 개발하고 그 효과를 검증하여 지역사회에서 용이하게 활용할 수 있는 프로그램을 보급하고자 하는 데 그 목적을 두고 있다. 우울 자살예방 프로그램은 인지행동 이론에 기초하고, 선행연구결과를 토대로 연구자들에 의해 개발되었다. 프로그램의 효과는 시계열설계를 이용한 실험연구설계로 12명의 재가 여성노인을 대상으로 검증하였다. 우울 자살예방 프로그램을 적용한 결과 중재 직전에 비해 중재 직후에는 대상자의 우울, 자살생각, 무망감 수준에서 통계적으로 유의한 변화가 없었으나, 중재 직전에 비해 중재 4주 후에는 우울, 자살생각, 무망감 수준에서 통계적으로 유의한 변화가 나타났다. 이상 결과에 근거하여 지역사회 정신건강증진센터 또는 복지관의 종사자들이 본 프로그램을 적극 활용할 것을 제언한다.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2021

Objective : Current study investigated the association between internet addiction and suicidal attempts in psychiatric patients. Methods : Patients who visited emergency department or psychiatry outpatient unit of Chungnam National University Hospital from January 2020 to July 2021 were included in this study. Total of 192 participants, 96 suicidal attempt cases and 96 psychiatric control patients without history of suicidal attempt were matched by gender and baseline diagnosis. Depression and internet addiction were assessed by using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Independent t-tests, and logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results : IAT scores were significantly higher in suicidal attempt case group (41.09±18.196 years) compared to psychiatric control patients without history of suicidal attempt (36.63±17.016 years) (p=0.040). Internet addiction (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR]=2.049, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]=1.004-4.539, p=0.0493) was an independent risk factor for suicidal attempt in psychiatric patients after controlling age, gender, and sociodemographic factors, such as marital status, education level and employment status. Conclusion : This is the first study to investigate the relationship between internet addiction and suicidal attempt in psychiatric patients in Korea. Internet addiction is significantly associated with suicidal attempt in psychiatric patients, after adjusting sociodemographic variables. This study provides evidence to future studies to further investigate on causality of internet addiction and suicidality in psychiatric patients.

• 생물치료정신의학
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.230-238
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• 2018

Objectives : Among adolescents, the proportion of daily smoking tends to increase with age, and does not return to the previous level. Therefore, we examined the factors associated with smoking frequency in a nationwide sample of Korean adolescents to help prevent the progression of smoking. Methods : Among 127,804 adolescents who participated in the 2016 and 2017 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, data from 7,781 adolescents who replied that they currently smoked were analyzed. According to the frequency of cigarette smoking, participants were classified into daily and non-daily smokers. Participants' socio-demographic characteristics, smoking behavior, and psychological problems including perceived stress, depressive mood, and suicidality were assessed. Results : There were 3,627(47.4%) daily smokers and 4,154(52.6%) non-daily smokers. Low parental educational level, and early smoking experience were positively associated with daily smoking. High academic achievement, and high socio-economic status were negatively associated with daily smoking. Daily smoking was positively associated with lower happiness, lower sleep satisfaction, and severe stress during the past 12 months. Factors affecting suicide attempts of smokers were sex, residential type, socioeconomic status, and early smoking experience. Conclusion : The results indicated that socially disadvantaged families, and smoking experience with young age influenced daily smoking among Korean adolescents. Daily smoking was associated with psychological problems including lower happiness, lower sleep satisfaction, and severe stress. Early smoking experience influenced suicidal attempts among Korean adolescent smokers. Early intervention for smoking cessation in this high-risk group may contribute to prevention of these psychiatric complications of smoking.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.144-153
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• 2021

Objectives: Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders in adolescents and seem to occur the earliest among all forms of psychopathology. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of anxiety severity with health risk behaviors and mental health in adolescents. Methods: Data from the 2020 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey were analyzed. A total of 54948 adolescents responded to the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) for the assessment of their anxiety severity as well as to the mental health and health risk behavior survey. Logistic regression analysis, t tests, and variance analysis of a complex sample general linear model were used to examine the association of anxiety severity with health behaviors and mental health. Results: After statistical adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, the subjects in the severe anxiety group were significantly more likely to be current smokers (odds ratio [OR]: 2.08, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.72-2.50), current drinkers (OR: 1.91, 95% CI: 1.67-2.19), experience habitual substance use (OR: 10.89, 95% CI: 8.22-14.42), have sexual intercourse (OR: 2.10, 95% CI: 1.76-2.51), and have unprotected intercourse (OR: 2.21, 95% CI: 1.67-2.92) than those in the normal group. Anxiety severity negatively correlated with sleep satisfaction and happiness, but positively correlated with stress perception, loneliness, depressive symptoms, and suicidality. Conclusion: Adolescent anxiety is associated with health risk behaviors and poor mental health. Thus, early screening and intervention for anxiety in adolescents could contribute to the management and coping of youth health risk behaviors in the community.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2020

연구목적 치료받지 못한 우울증은 자살위험성을 높인다는 여러 선행 연구결과에도 불구하고, 청소년기에 발병한 기분 장애가 치료받지 못한 경우 자살 위험성 및 자살 시도와 어떻게 연관되는지에 관한 연구결과는 거의 없어서 이를 확인하고자 하였다. 방 법 본 연구는 2017년 5월부터 2018년 4월까지 수집된 자료를 바탕으로 한 단면연구로, unipolar 혹은 bipolar depression으로 진단된 260명이 최종 분석에 포함되었다. 자가보고형 검사도구를 이용해 사회인구학적 특성과 우울 및 자살 관련 특성을 평가하였다. 과거력 상 우울 삽화 치료 여부에 따라 untreated군과 treated 혹은 1st episode 군으로 분류하였으며, 두 집단의 사회인구학적 특성과 임상적 특성을 비교했다. 다중 선형 회귀분석 및 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석을 시행하여 자살 위험성 및 자살 시도의 예측 인자를 분석했다. 결 과 총 260명의 환자 중 untreated군 189명, treated 혹은 1st episode 군은 71명 이었으며 untreated군에서 자살 시도한 비율, 우울 점수, 자살 위험성 및 자살시도 횟수가 유의하게 높았다. 자살시도를 예측하는 인자로는 과거력 상 치료받지 못한 경우[Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)=4.19, 95% Confidence Interval (CI)=2.25~7.81, p<0.001]와 양극성 우울증의 진단(AOR=2.60, 95% CI=1.52~4.46, p<0.001)이었다. 결 론 본 연구를 통해 청소년기 우울증의 86.7%에서 치료를 받지 못했음이 확인되었고, 치료받지 못한 우울증은 높은 자살위험성과 연관되었다. 향후 청소년기 우울증의 조기 선별 뿐 아니라 적극적인 치료적 개입이 이루어 지도록 정책 수립이 필요하며 이와 관련한 후속 장기 추적관찰 연구가 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.70-82
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• 1997

본 연구는 비행청소년의 사회심리적 특성을 파악하고 비행을 직접적으로 유발시키는 요소를 알아보고자 실시되었다. 청소년 병동에 입원한 환자 중 정신증 진단을 제외한 210명을 비행의 정도에 따라 경찰체포후 훈방된군(60명), 재판 판결을 받은군(35명), 이러한 사실이 없는 정서적으로 혼란된 비교군(105명)으로 나누어 인지-학습, 감정상태, 자살사고, 성격특성, 가족구조, 생활사건 영역에 관한 표준화된 검사를 실시하고 그 결과를 비교분석하였다. 공유진단을 파악하고자 이중 무작위로 60명은 구조화된 면담을 실시하였다. 연구결과 비행청소년은 비교군에 비해 1) 입양, 성생활의 문란, 가출, 정신과 입원력이 높았으며, 2) 언어성 지능지수 및 학습능력이 떨어지고, 3) 성격구조상 충동적이고 사회순응도가 낮으며, 강압적이며, 4) 가족단위의 여가활동이 적고, 낮은 종교 도덕관을 가진 가족의 특성을 보였으며, 5) 부정적 생활 경험이 많았고, 6) 품행자애, 반항장애, 주의력 결핍 과잉행동장애 진단율이 높았다. 우울, 불안, 자살사고는 3군중 훈방된군에서 가장 낮게 나왔다. 따라서 비행청소년을 다룰 때 비행에 관여하는 인지학습측면, 충동적인 성격구조, 가족구조, 부정적 생활경험, 파탄적 행동장애 측면에 관한 보다 집중적인 대처방안이 강구되어져야 하겠다.