1.Difference of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Suicide Between Genders in Korea Over a Decade Using Geographic Information Systems
Soyoung PARK ; Jong-Ho PARK ; Bong-Jo KIM ; Boseok CHA ; So-Jin LEE ; Jae-Won CHOI ; Eun Ji LIM ; Nuree KANG ; Dongyun LEE
Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 2024;32(2):70-76
Objectives:
:Among the various risk factors for suicide, geographic factors have different effects on males and females. This study aimed to identify differences between genders in spatiotemporal dependence and spatiotemporal patterns of suicide mortality over the preceding decade.
Methods:
:This research analyzed the age-adjusted suicide mortality rate per 100,000 population, spanning from 2012 to 2021, for intentional suicides across each administrative district (229 Si, Gun, Gu) in Korea. Data were sourced from the National Statistical Office of the Korean Statistical Information Service. The Moran’s I in-dex for spatial autocorrelation of the suicide mortality rates was computed. An emerging hot spot analysis was conducted to examine the community-level spatiotemporal distribution patterns, thus providing insight into the re-gional clustering characteristics that reflect the temporal-spatial clusters of suicide mortality rates.
Results:
:TIn males, the Moran’s I indices were almost above 0 (p-value<0.05) for most years, indicating sig-nificant spatial autocorrelation. Conversely, no significant regional clustering was observed among females dur-ing the same period. The emerging hot spot analysis, focusing on the temporal trends in the spatial distributionof male suicide mortality rates from 2012 to 2021, identified two distinct time series patterns and a total of 12 hot spot areas: seven new spots and five sporadic spots.
Conclusions
:This study is the first to intuitively demonstrate the disparities in spatiotemporal dependencies and patterns of suicide mortality rates in Korea between genders. The findings highlight the necessity for tailoredsuicide prevention strategies that are sensitive to gender differences.
2.Non-pharmacological treatments for insomnia: a focus on components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
Soyoung PARK ; Eun Ji LIM ; Dongyun LEE ; Young-Ji LEE
Kosin Medical Journal 2024;39(4):238-245
Insomnia is a prevalent disorder that affects 4% to 22% of the population in the United States. While cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) remains the gold standard for non-pharmacological treatment, accessibility barriers exist owing to a shortage of trained professionals and high costs. This review examines the efficacy of the individual components of CBT-I as stand-alone interventions to improve treatment accessibility, digital CBT-I, and other non-pharmacological interventions. Guidelines from organizations such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and, European Sleep Research Society, along with recent meta-analyses, support the effectiveness of these components as stand-alone treatments. Sleep restriction therapy and stimulus control therapy show promise as effective interventions. Although recommended by certain guidelines, relaxation therapy has yielded mixed results. Sleep hygiene education, a common component of CBT-I, has not demonstrated significant efficacy as a stand-alone treatment. Cognitive strategies have shown promise in recent studies. Sufficient clinical evidence supports the efficacy of digital CBT-I in treating insomnia. Internationally, various platforms for digital CBT-I have already been developed and are in use, and in South Korea, some digital CBT-I software programs have received digital therapeutic device approval in 2023. This review highlights the potential of individual components of CBT-I as effective stand-alone interventions for insomnia, as well as digital CBT-I, emphasizing their importance for improving the accessibility of non-pharmacological insomnia treatments in clinical settings where full CBT-I may not be available.
3.Association Between Morningness and Defense Style in Adolescence:Morningness is Associated With Greater Adaptive and Self-Suppressive Defense Styles and Lesser Immature Defense Style
So-Jin LEE ; Bong-Jo KIM ; Boseok CHA ; Dongyun LEE ; Jae-Won CHOI ; Young-Ji LEE ; Eun-Ji LIM ; Nuree KANG ; Wooyoung IM
Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology 2024;31(2):41-47
Objectives:
Eveningness predominates in adolescence. Morningness has been reported to be associated with mental toughness via resilience. Morningness could be related to healthy sleep habits and a good personality.
Methods:
Sleep-related behaviors, such as weekend oversleep, social jetlag, and daytime sunlight exposure between 10:00 and 15:00, were evaluated using sleep-related questionnaires. Morningness-eveningness questionnaire, insomnia severity index, Epworth sleepiness scale, hospital anxiety and depression scale and defense style questionnaire were used. This study includes 1,610 high school students.
Results:
Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that morningness is predicted by male sex (β=0.115, t=4.769, p<0.001) and greater adaptive (β=0.092, t=3.506, p<0.001) and self-suppressive defense styles (β=0.072, t=2.192, p=0.029) and lesser immature defense styles (β=-0.163, t=-4.782, p<0.001) after controlling for age, sleep quality, depression, anxiety. Morningness is also predicted by greater sublimation (β=0.09, t=3.541, p<0.001) and reaction formation (β=0.112, t=4.488, p<0.001) and lesser consumption (β=-0.062, t=-2.501, p=0.012), passive aggression (β=-0.101, t=-3.747, p<0.001) and withdrawal (β=-0.084, t=-2.955, p=0.003), and male sex (β=0.117, t=4.896, p<0.001) after controlling for age, sleep quality, depression, and anxiety.
Conclusion
Morniness in adolescence may be related to a positive personality. Promoting morningness might be related to healthy development in personality.
4.Difference of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Suicide Between Genders in Korea Over a Decade Using Geographic Information Systems
Soyoung PARK ; Jong-Ho PARK ; Bong-Jo KIM ; Boseok CHA ; So-Jin LEE ; Jae-Won CHOI ; Eun Ji LIM ; Nuree KANG ; Dongyun LEE
Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 2024;32(2):70-76
Objectives:
:Among the various risk factors for suicide, geographic factors have different effects on males and females. This study aimed to identify differences between genders in spatiotemporal dependence and spatiotemporal patterns of suicide mortality over the preceding decade.
Methods:
:This research analyzed the age-adjusted suicide mortality rate per 100,000 population, spanning from 2012 to 2021, for intentional suicides across each administrative district (229 Si, Gun, Gu) in Korea. Data were sourced from the National Statistical Office of the Korean Statistical Information Service. The Moran’s I in-dex for spatial autocorrelation of the suicide mortality rates was computed. An emerging hot spot analysis was conducted to examine the community-level spatiotemporal distribution patterns, thus providing insight into the re-gional clustering characteristics that reflect the temporal-spatial clusters of suicide mortality rates.
Results:
:TIn males, the Moran’s I indices were almost above 0 (p-value<0.05) for most years, indicating sig-nificant spatial autocorrelation. Conversely, no significant regional clustering was observed among females dur-ing the same period. The emerging hot spot analysis, focusing on the temporal trends in the spatial distributionof male suicide mortality rates from 2012 to 2021, identified two distinct time series patterns and a total of 12 hot spot areas: seven new spots and five sporadic spots.
Conclusions
:This study is the first to intuitively demonstrate the disparities in spatiotemporal dependencies and patterns of suicide mortality rates in Korea between genders. The findings highlight the necessity for tailoredsuicide prevention strategies that are sensitive to gender differences.
5.Difference of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Suicide Between Genders in Korea Over a Decade Using Geographic Information Systems
Soyoung PARK ; Jong-Ho PARK ; Bong-Jo KIM ; Boseok CHA ; So-Jin LEE ; Jae-Won CHOI ; Eun Ji LIM ; Nuree KANG ; Dongyun LEE
Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 2024;32(2):70-76
Objectives:
:Among the various risk factors for suicide, geographic factors have different effects on males and females. This study aimed to identify differences between genders in spatiotemporal dependence and spatiotemporal patterns of suicide mortality over the preceding decade.
Methods:
:This research analyzed the age-adjusted suicide mortality rate per 100,000 population, spanning from 2012 to 2021, for intentional suicides across each administrative district (229 Si, Gun, Gu) in Korea. Data were sourced from the National Statistical Office of the Korean Statistical Information Service. The Moran’s I in-dex for spatial autocorrelation of the suicide mortality rates was computed. An emerging hot spot analysis was conducted to examine the community-level spatiotemporal distribution patterns, thus providing insight into the re-gional clustering characteristics that reflect the temporal-spatial clusters of suicide mortality rates.
Results:
:TIn males, the Moran’s I indices were almost above 0 (p-value<0.05) for most years, indicating sig-nificant spatial autocorrelation. Conversely, no significant regional clustering was observed among females dur-ing the same period. The emerging hot spot analysis, focusing on the temporal trends in the spatial distributionof male suicide mortality rates from 2012 to 2021, identified two distinct time series patterns and a total of 12 hot spot areas: seven new spots and five sporadic spots.
Conclusions
:This study is the first to intuitively demonstrate the disparities in spatiotemporal dependencies and patterns of suicide mortality rates in Korea between genders. The findings highlight the necessity for tailoredsuicide prevention strategies that are sensitive to gender differences.
6.Non-pharmacological treatments for insomnia: a focus on components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
Soyoung PARK ; Eun Ji LIM ; Dongyun LEE ; Young-Ji LEE
Kosin Medical Journal 2024;39(4):238-245
Insomnia is a prevalent disorder that affects 4% to 22% of the population in the United States. While cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) remains the gold standard for non-pharmacological treatment, accessibility barriers exist owing to a shortage of trained professionals and high costs. This review examines the efficacy of the individual components of CBT-I as stand-alone interventions to improve treatment accessibility, digital CBT-I, and other non-pharmacological interventions. Guidelines from organizations such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and, European Sleep Research Society, along with recent meta-analyses, support the effectiveness of these components as stand-alone treatments. Sleep restriction therapy and stimulus control therapy show promise as effective interventions. Although recommended by certain guidelines, relaxation therapy has yielded mixed results. Sleep hygiene education, a common component of CBT-I, has not demonstrated significant efficacy as a stand-alone treatment. Cognitive strategies have shown promise in recent studies. Sufficient clinical evidence supports the efficacy of digital CBT-I in treating insomnia. Internationally, various platforms for digital CBT-I have already been developed and are in use, and in South Korea, some digital CBT-I software programs have received digital therapeutic device approval in 2023. This review highlights the potential of individual components of CBT-I as effective stand-alone interventions for insomnia, as well as digital CBT-I, emphasizing their importance for improving the accessibility of non-pharmacological insomnia treatments in clinical settings where full CBT-I may not be available.
7.Association Between Morningness and Defense Style in Adolescence:Morningness is Associated With Greater Adaptive and Self-Suppressive Defense Styles and Lesser Immature Defense Style
So-Jin LEE ; Bong-Jo KIM ; Boseok CHA ; Dongyun LEE ; Jae-Won CHOI ; Young-Ji LEE ; Eun-Ji LIM ; Nuree KANG ; Wooyoung IM
Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology 2024;31(2):41-47
Objectives:
Eveningness predominates in adolescence. Morningness has been reported to be associated with mental toughness via resilience. Morningness could be related to healthy sleep habits and a good personality.
Methods:
Sleep-related behaviors, such as weekend oversleep, social jetlag, and daytime sunlight exposure between 10:00 and 15:00, were evaluated using sleep-related questionnaires. Morningness-eveningness questionnaire, insomnia severity index, Epworth sleepiness scale, hospital anxiety and depression scale and defense style questionnaire were used. This study includes 1,610 high school students.
Results:
Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that morningness is predicted by male sex (β=0.115, t=4.769, p<0.001) and greater adaptive (β=0.092, t=3.506, p<0.001) and self-suppressive defense styles (β=0.072, t=2.192, p=0.029) and lesser immature defense styles (β=-0.163, t=-4.782, p<0.001) after controlling for age, sleep quality, depression, anxiety. Morningness is also predicted by greater sublimation (β=0.09, t=3.541, p<0.001) and reaction formation (β=0.112, t=4.488, p<0.001) and lesser consumption (β=-0.062, t=-2.501, p=0.012), passive aggression (β=-0.101, t=-3.747, p<0.001) and withdrawal (β=-0.084, t=-2.955, p=0.003), and male sex (β=0.117, t=4.896, p<0.001) after controlling for age, sleep quality, depression, and anxiety.
Conclusion
Morniness in adolescence may be related to a positive personality. Promoting morningness might be related to healthy development in personality.
8.Difference of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Suicide Between Genders in Korea Over a Decade Using Geographic Information Systems
Soyoung PARK ; Jong-Ho PARK ; Bong-Jo KIM ; Boseok CHA ; So-Jin LEE ; Jae-Won CHOI ; Eun Ji LIM ; Nuree KANG ; Dongyun LEE
Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 2024;32(2):70-76
Objectives:
:Among the various risk factors for suicide, geographic factors have different effects on males and females. This study aimed to identify differences between genders in spatiotemporal dependence and spatiotemporal patterns of suicide mortality over the preceding decade.
Methods:
:This research analyzed the age-adjusted suicide mortality rate per 100,000 population, spanning from 2012 to 2021, for intentional suicides across each administrative district (229 Si, Gun, Gu) in Korea. Data were sourced from the National Statistical Office of the Korean Statistical Information Service. The Moran’s I in-dex for spatial autocorrelation of the suicide mortality rates was computed. An emerging hot spot analysis was conducted to examine the community-level spatiotemporal distribution patterns, thus providing insight into the re-gional clustering characteristics that reflect the temporal-spatial clusters of suicide mortality rates.
Results:
:TIn males, the Moran’s I indices were almost above 0 (p-value<0.05) for most years, indicating sig-nificant spatial autocorrelation. Conversely, no significant regional clustering was observed among females dur-ing the same period. The emerging hot spot analysis, focusing on the temporal trends in the spatial distributionof male suicide mortality rates from 2012 to 2021, identified two distinct time series patterns and a total of 12 hot spot areas: seven new spots and five sporadic spots.
Conclusions
:This study is the first to intuitively demonstrate the disparities in spatiotemporal dependencies and patterns of suicide mortality rates in Korea between genders. The findings highlight the necessity for tailoredsuicide prevention strategies that are sensitive to gender differences.
9.Non-pharmacological treatments for insomnia: a focus on components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
Soyoung PARK ; Eun Ji LIM ; Dongyun LEE ; Young-Ji LEE
Kosin Medical Journal 2024;39(4):238-245
Insomnia is a prevalent disorder that affects 4% to 22% of the population in the United States. While cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) remains the gold standard for non-pharmacological treatment, accessibility barriers exist owing to a shortage of trained professionals and high costs. This review examines the efficacy of the individual components of CBT-I as stand-alone interventions to improve treatment accessibility, digital CBT-I, and other non-pharmacological interventions. Guidelines from organizations such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and, European Sleep Research Society, along with recent meta-analyses, support the effectiveness of these components as stand-alone treatments. Sleep restriction therapy and stimulus control therapy show promise as effective interventions. Although recommended by certain guidelines, relaxation therapy has yielded mixed results. Sleep hygiene education, a common component of CBT-I, has not demonstrated significant efficacy as a stand-alone treatment. Cognitive strategies have shown promise in recent studies. Sufficient clinical evidence supports the efficacy of digital CBT-I in treating insomnia. Internationally, various platforms for digital CBT-I have already been developed and are in use, and in South Korea, some digital CBT-I software programs have received digital therapeutic device approval in 2023. This review highlights the potential of individual components of CBT-I as effective stand-alone interventions for insomnia, as well as digital CBT-I, emphasizing their importance for improving the accessibility of non-pharmacological insomnia treatments in clinical settings where full CBT-I may not be available.
10.Association Between Morningness and Defense Style in Adolescence:Morningness is Associated With Greater Adaptive and Self-Suppressive Defense Styles and Lesser Immature Defense Style
So-Jin LEE ; Bong-Jo KIM ; Boseok CHA ; Dongyun LEE ; Jae-Won CHOI ; Young-Ji LEE ; Eun-Ji LIM ; Nuree KANG ; Wooyoung IM
Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology 2024;31(2):41-47
Objectives:
Eveningness predominates in adolescence. Morningness has been reported to be associated with mental toughness via resilience. Morningness could be related to healthy sleep habits and a good personality.
Methods:
Sleep-related behaviors, such as weekend oversleep, social jetlag, and daytime sunlight exposure between 10:00 and 15:00, were evaluated using sleep-related questionnaires. Morningness-eveningness questionnaire, insomnia severity index, Epworth sleepiness scale, hospital anxiety and depression scale and defense style questionnaire were used. This study includes 1,610 high school students.
Results:
Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that morningness is predicted by male sex (β=0.115, t=4.769, p<0.001) and greater adaptive (β=0.092, t=3.506, p<0.001) and self-suppressive defense styles (β=0.072, t=2.192, p=0.029) and lesser immature defense styles (β=-0.163, t=-4.782, p<0.001) after controlling for age, sleep quality, depression, anxiety. Morningness is also predicted by greater sublimation (β=0.09, t=3.541, p<0.001) and reaction formation (β=0.112, t=4.488, p<0.001) and lesser consumption (β=-0.062, t=-2.501, p=0.012), passive aggression (β=-0.101, t=-3.747, p<0.001) and withdrawal (β=-0.084, t=-2.955, p=0.003), and male sex (β=0.117, t=4.896, p<0.001) after controlling for age, sleep quality, depression, and anxiety.
Conclusion
Morniness in adolescence may be related to a positive personality. Promoting morningness might be related to healthy development in personality.

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