• 가정간호학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations of mental health recovery to internalized stigma and meaning in life of community-dwelling people with mental disorder. Methods: Participants were 150 people with mental disorder who were enrolled at one of the community mental health institutions in D, S, and U cities, South Korea. Data analyses included a descriptive analysis, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression using SPSS 25.0 software. Results: There were significant mean differences in mental health recovery according to education, religion, residential status, diagnosis, and day program use status of people with mental disorder living in the community. The significant predictors of mental health recovery included presence of meaning, stigma resistance, diagnosis (Major depressive disorder), and search for meaning. The regression model explained 58.7% of mental health recovery. Conclusion: Improving meaning in life and stigma resistance will increase the chances of mental health recovery among community- dwelling people with mental disorder.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.245-254
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate factors influencing suicidal ideation in people with mental disorder. Methods: The subjects were 176 people with mental disorder from community mental health centers, social rehabilitation facilities, and university hospital psychiatric outpatient departments. The instruments used included a suicidal ideation questionnaire, a self-esteem scale, a spiritual well-being scale, a family support scale, and a professional support scale. Data were analyzed with t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression analysis. Results: Suicidal ideation was influenced by age, history of suicidal attempts, and existential spiritual well-being. This study shows that suicidal ideation has negative correlation with existential spiritual well-being, self-esteem, family support, and age. Existential spiritual well-being, history of suicidal attempts, and age accounted for 30% regarding suicidal ideation in people with mental disorder. Conclusion: The lower existential spiritual well-being and age, the higher suicidal ideation. And also suicidal ideation was higher in people who had attempted suicide than in those who had not. Based on the outcomes of this study, it is necessary to design an intervention program that emphasizes existential spiritual well-being in order to decrease suicidal ideation in young people with mental disorder.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to investigate changes in the physical, psychosocial and spiritual health of people with mental disorder in community participating in the Integrated Health Care Program (IHCP). Methods: This study applied the non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The participants were 37 chronic psychiatric patients who had been clinically diagnosed with mental disorder and visiting a mental rehabilitation center located in S City (17 in the experimental group, and 20 in the control group). The experimental group participated in the IHCP consisting of 24 sessions for eight weeks. Results: After the intervention, only the participants in the experimental group reported significant improvement in physical (body mass, triglyceride), psychosocial (mental symptoms, depression, self-esteem, ability of problem solving), and spiritual wellbeing when compared with those in the control group. Conclusion: These results indicate that IHCP is effective in improving the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual wellbeing of people with mental disorder. Therefore, IHCP developed in this study is considered a useful nursing intervention for raising the comprehensive health level of people with mental disorder in community.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.83-94
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• 2013

This study with emphasis on protecting human rights of people with mental disorder investigated human rights awareness among mental health workers and identify factors affecting their awareness. Questionnaires were sent out to employees working in mental health facilities in all parts of the country and of those 1094 were used to analyze. According to the analysis, employees' human rights awareness was ranked highest in the areas of occupational therapy and lowest in the areas of admission and discharge. Those who are women, aged between 30 and 40, highly educated, with long tenure, employed as social workers and working at rehabilitation programs presented high awareness of human rights so did employees with license in mental health and training experience in human rights. The result also presented negative correlation between employees' human rights awareness and their prejudice against people with mental disorder. Through this study, guidelines will be set up to help employees acknowledge the importance of human rights awareness and raise their awareness to promote and practice human rights of people with mental disorder.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2023

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by extreme mood and behavioral swings, such as highs of euphoria and lows of depression. It is a socially significant disorder in which people with the disorder experience intense mood swings and, for those with severe bipolar disorder, it is even difficult leading a normal life. High stress levels in people with mental illness can lead to neuroendocrine disruption, and it is strongly linked to aging. When the neuroendocrine system becomes vulnerable to these mental illnesses and stress, it is likely to accelerate aging. And it's the epigenetic clock that can measure the extent of this accelerated aging. The Epi clock, a pan tissue clock, measures aging through DNA methylation, and the degree of methylation is modified and changed by environmental conditions in the body. Therefore we wanted to check the changes in the epigenetic age of the patients with bipolar disorder. While we found no significant differences in epigenetic age, we did confirm the possibility that people with bipolar disorder have different methylation than normal people. We also found that the EPIC array data fit better on the Epi clock than on the Horvath clock with age-accelerated data from normal people.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.605-611
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• 2018

본 연구는 회복지향실천이 정신장애인의 정신과적 증상에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 나아가 회복지향실천의 각 하위영역 중 어떠한 요인이 정신과적 증상에 영향을 미치는지 탐색함으로써 지역사회 정신보건기관의 회복지향실천 적용을 위한 실천적 의의를 제시하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 전국 정신장애인 사회복귀시설을 이용하는 정신장애인 378명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 상관관계분석 및 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과, 연령과 유병기간을 포함한 회복지향실천의 5개 하위요인 중 '삶의 목표', '관여', '치료대안의 다양성'이 정신장애인들의 증상을 완화시키는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 국내 정신보건기관이 회복지향실천의 가치와 요소를 반영하여 정신장애인의 회복을 촉진시킬 수 있도록 정신의학 및 사회복지학의 융복합적 의의를 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2019

Objectives: This study investigates lay beliefs about the etiology and treatments of tic disorder and Tourette's syndrome, as well as identifying sociodemographic and personality variables affecting these beliefs among South Koreans. Methods: In total, 673 participants (mean age $41.77{\pm}12.03$ years) completed an online survey regarding their beliefs about tic disorder and Tourette's syndrome. The factors related to their lay beliefs about the disorders were analyzed, and the correlates were investigated. Results: Results indicated that lay people in South Korea held strong beliefs that the causes of tic disorder and Tourette's syndrome lie within the parenting/psychological and neurological/biological categories, compared to the dietary/environmental one. Among the sociodemographic variables, sex, age, and levels of subjective mental health knowledge were primarily associated with the aforementioned beliefs. Familiarity with tic disorder and Tourette's syndrome was also associated with these beliefs. Among the personality traits investigated, extraversion and conscientiousness had significant influences on the beliefs people had about tic disorder and Tourette's syndrome. Conclusion: The results suggest that both policy makers and mental health service providers should adopt a strategic approach for developing and implementing health education interventions about tic disorder and Tourette's syndrome because individual sociodemographic variables, familiarity with the disorders, and personality traits are all associated with the beliefs about these disorders.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.250-263
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• 2019

본 연구는 일반인들이 정신질환을 가진 사람들에 대한 인식을 개선시키기 위한 일환으로 공공 노력의 필요성을 제기하고 방안을 제시하기 위함이다. 그리고 정신질환태도에 관한 인구통계학적인 차이, 인식개선을 위한 공익광고 필요성과 매체별로 현재수준과 기대수준을 비교 분석한 후 이를 개선하기 위한 방안을 제시하였다. 이를 위해 치료를 통해 완전히 회복될 수 있는 우울증, 강박증, 공황장애를 중심을 살펴보았고 서울과 수도권에 거주하는 일반인들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과 응답자들의 정신질환자에 대한 태도에 대한 인식차이에서는 성별, 결혼상태, 연령대, 가족 중 정신질환 치료 경험 유무에 따라 정신질환자에 대한 태도에서 인식차이가 있음을 확인하였다. 반면 종교, 월수입, 학력에 따른 인식차이는 유의하지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 대부분의 응답자는 인식개선을 위해 공공의 노력 즉, 대중매체를 통한 노력이 필요하다고 인식하는 것을 확인하였고 TV광고, 인터넷, 라디오, 광고탑, 운송수단의 활용을 통한 광고가 강화되어야한다고 생각하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통해 본 연구에서는 정신질환자의 인식 개선을 위해 대중매체를 통한 광고의 필요성을 제시하였고 이를 강화하기 위한 방안으로 사회적 차원, 조직적 차원, 개인적 차원을 중심으로 제안하였다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 정신요양시설 종사자의 정신장애인에 대한 권리보장에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하고자 함이다. 연구대상은 정신요양시설 종사자 132명이었고, 연구도구는 권리 및 보호관련 특성, 권리인식 및 권리보장이었다. 자료분석은 SPSS/WIN 24.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients 및 다중회귀분석으로 하였다. 연구결과로, 일반적 특성에 따른 권리보장의 차이에서는 종교에서 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 권리인식과 권리보장 간에는 유의미한 양의 상관관계가 있었고, 권리보장에 영향을 미치는 요인은 권리인식, 권리옹호 필요성 인식 및 종교였다. 연구결과를 바탕으로, 정신장애인 권리보장을 강화하기 위해 지속적인 교육을 통한 인식 개선과 적극적인 권리옹호활동이 필요하다. 권리보장 강화는 정신장애인 회복에 도움을 줄 것이다.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2013

Objectives : Qi gong is generally considered to be safe in most people when learned from a qualified instructor. But abnormal psychosomatic responses or mental disorder may be induced when Qigong is practiced inappropriately, excessively, or when practiced unguided in predisposed individuals. Here we reported a case of Qigong-induced Mental Disorder (QIMD). A woman who had not had a psychiatric disease, by chance started Qigong practice, and felt raising- Qisymptoms, including headache. Methods : We identified the unique characteristics of QIMD and discusses differences with other diseases such as somatoform disorder and schizophrenia. Results : To conclude, QIMD does not come under current somatoform disorder subtypes and schizophrenia. Conclusions : It has distinct characters that occurring after Qigong practice, symptoms of upper body, feeling that something to rise up.