Task and Preparation of Psychiatric Field for Korean Reunification.
10.4306/jknpa.2015.54.4.360
- Author:
Seog Ju KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. psychical@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
North Korea;
Psychiatry;
Unification
- MeSH:
Community Psychiatry;
Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
Education;
Ethnopsychology;
Korea;
Mental Health;
Substance-Related Disorders;
Suicide
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2015;54(4):360-364
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
For improving mental health of the future unified Korea, proper preparation would be necessary in the fields of clinical, social, and cultural psychiatry. Clinically, a diagnostic and treatment system for mental illness should be re-established after Korean unification. There should also be specific preparation for suicides, trauma- or stress-related disorders, somatizations, substance abuse, and childhood psychiatric problems which are expected to rapidly increase in North Korean areas after the unification. In the field of social psychiatry, de-stigmatization and de-institutionalization of those with mental illness would be important after the unification. Education of mental health professionals in North Korean areas would also be crucial. Culturally, it would be necessary to expect the psychological change of both South and North Koreans.
