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Seog Ju Kim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychiatry in former Socialist Countries implications for north korean psychiatry
Psychiatry Investigation, 2014Co-Authors: Young Su Park, Sang Min Park, Jin Yong Jun, Seog Ju KimAbstract:Very little information is available regarding psychiatry in North Korea, which is based on the legacy of Soviet psychiatry. This paper re views the characteristics of psychiatry in former Socialist Countries and discusses its implications for North Korean psychiatry. Under socialism, psychiatric disorders were attributed primarily to neurophysiologic or neurobiological origins. Psychosocial or psychodynamic etiology was denied or distorted in line with the political ideology of the Communist Party. Psychiatry was primarily concerned with psychotic disorders, and this diagnostic category was sometimes applied based on political considerations. Neurotic disorders were ignored by psychiatry or were regarded as the remnants of capitalism. Several neurotic disorders characterized by high levels of somatization were considered to be neurological or physical in nature. The majority of “mental patients” were institutionalized for a long periods in large-scale psychiatric hospitals. Treatment of psychiatric disorders depended largely on a few outdated biological therapies. In former Socialist Countries, psychodynamic psychotherapy was not common, and psychiatric patients were likely to experience social stigma. According to North Korean doctors living in South Korea, North Korean psychiatry is heavily influenced by the aforementioned tradi tions of psychiatry. During the post-Socialist transition, the suicide rate in many of these Countries dramatically increased. Given such mental health crises in post-Socialist transitional societies, the field of psychiatry may face major challenges in a future unified Korea.
Young Su Park - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychiatry in former Socialist Countries implications for north korean psychiatry
Psychiatry Investigation, 2014Co-Authors: Young Su Park, Sang Min Park, Jin Yong Jun, Seog Ju KimAbstract:Very little information is available regarding psychiatry in North Korea, which is based on the legacy of Soviet psychiatry. This paper re views the characteristics of psychiatry in former Socialist Countries and discusses its implications for North Korean psychiatry. Under socialism, psychiatric disorders were attributed primarily to neurophysiologic or neurobiological origins. Psychosocial or psychodynamic etiology was denied or distorted in line with the political ideology of the Communist Party. Psychiatry was primarily concerned with psychotic disorders, and this diagnostic category was sometimes applied based on political considerations. Neurotic disorders were ignored by psychiatry or were regarded as the remnants of capitalism. Several neurotic disorders characterized by high levels of somatization were considered to be neurological or physical in nature. The majority of “mental patients” were institutionalized for a long periods in large-scale psychiatric hospitals. Treatment of psychiatric disorders depended largely on a few outdated biological therapies. In former Socialist Countries, psychodynamic psychotherapy was not common, and psychiatric patients were likely to experience social stigma. According to North Korean doctors living in South Korea, North Korean psychiatry is heavily influenced by the aforementioned tradi tions of psychiatry. During the post-Socialist transition, the suicide rate in many of these Countries dramatically increased. Given such mental health crises in post-Socialist transitional societies, the field of psychiatry may face major challenges in a future unified Korea.
Jin Yong Jun - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychiatry in former Socialist Countries implications for north korean psychiatry
Psychiatry Investigation, 2014Co-Authors: Young Su Park, Sang Min Park, Jin Yong Jun, Seog Ju KimAbstract:Very little information is available regarding psychiatry in North Korea, which is based on the legacy of Soviet psychiatry. This paper re views the characteristics of psychiatry in former Socialist Countries and discusses its implications for North Korean psychiatry. Under socialism, psychiatric disorders were attributed primarily to neurophysiologic or neurobiological origins. Psychosocial or psychodynamic etiology was denied or distorted in line with the political ideology of the Communist Party. Psychiatry was primarily concerned with psychotic disorders, and this diagnostic category was sometimes applied based on political considerations. Neurotic disorders were ignored by psychiatry or were regarded as the remnants of capitalism. Several neurotic disorders characterized by high levels of somatization were considered to be neurological or physical in nature. The majority of “mental patients” were institutionalized for a long periods in large-scale psychiatric hospitals. Treatment of psychiatric disorders depended largely on a few outdated biological therapies. In former Socialist Countries, psychodynamic psychotherapy was not common, and psychiatric patients were likely to experience social stigma. According to North Korean doctors living in South Korea, North Korean psychiatry is heavily influenced by the aforementioned tradi tions of psychiatry. During the post-Socialist transition, the suicide rate in many of these Countries dramatically increased. Given such mental health crises in post-Socialist transitional societies, the field of psychiatry may face major challenges in a future unified Korea.
Sang Min Park - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychiatry in former Socialist Countries implications for north korean psychiatry
Psychiatry Investigation, 2014Co-Authors: Young Su Park, Sang Min Park, Jin Yong Jun, Seog Ju KimAbstract:Very little information is available regarding psychiatry in North Korea, which is based on the legacy of Soviet psychiatry. This paper re views the characteristics of psychiatry in former Socialist Countries and discusses its implications for North Korean psychiatry. Under socialism, psychiatric disorders were attributed primarily to neurophysiologic or neurobiological origins. Psychosocial or psychodynamic etiology was denied or distorted in line with the political ideology of the Communist Party. Psychiatry was primarily concerned with psychotic disorders, and this diagnostic category was sometimes applied based on political considerations. Neurotic disorders were ignored by psychiatry or were regarded as the remnants of capitalism. Several neurotic disorders characterized by high levels of somatization were considered to be neurological or physical in nature. The majority of “mental patients” were institutionalized for a long periods in large-scale psychiatric hospitals. Treatment of psychiatric disorders depended largely on a few outdated biological therapies. In former Socialist Countries, psychodynamic psychotherapy was not common, and psychiatric patients were likely to experience social stigma. According to North Korean doctors living in South Korea, North Korean psychiatry is heavily influenced by the aforementioned tradi tions of psychiatry. During the post-Socialist transition, the suicide rate in many of these Countries dramatically increased. Given such mental health crises in post-Socialist transitional societies, the field of psychiatry may face major challenges in a future unified Korea.
Assar Lindbeck - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Swedish Lessons for Post-Socialist Countries
1998Co-Authors: Assar LindbeckAbstract:When reforming their own Countries, several observers, ideologues and politicians in former Socialist Countries have pointed to Sweden as a blueprint. It is then believed that Sweden, or the "Swedish model", has combined the efficiency, dynamism and flexibility or capitalist market economies with the economic security and egalitarianism so highly evaluated by many social liberals and Socialists. An analysis of the Swedish experience, and its relevance for former Socialist Countries, may therefore be of rather general interest.
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Swedish Lessons for Post-Socialist Countries
1998Co-Authors: Assar LindbeckAbstract:When reforming their own Countries, several observers, ideologues and politicians in former Socialist Countries have pointedf to Sweden as a blueprint. It is then believed that Sweden, or the "Swed ...
