• Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.483-501
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• 1998

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2012

Purpose: According to the statistics announced by the Ministry of Unification, the number of North Korean refugees living in South Korea has increased by 200 on average monthly in 2010. The number of refugees increased only by 300 annually until 2000. The total number of refugees as of February 2012 was 20,956. This study aims to investigate the psychobiology of the North Korean refugees who consulted psychiatric clinics among those living daily life in South Korea. Methods: The subjects of this study were 85 North Korean refugees that consulted psychiatric clinics from January 1, 2005 to July 2011. This study obtained demographic and psychiatric information in a retrospective approach. Results: Among the 85 North Korean refugees, 75 (88.2%) were females and their average age was 48 years of age. A total of 16 (18.8%) were admitted to a clinic and among the inpatients, 4 were admitted twice and two were admitted three times. As for the claimed symptoms of outpatients, insomnia was shown in 47 (55.3%) patients, headaches in 37 (43.5%), anxiety in 20 (23.5%), depression in 19 (22.4%), etc. The major symptoms represented by inpatients were insomnia in 14 (87.5%) patients, depression in 12 (75%), and headaches in 8 (50%), etc. Conclusion: The most frequent psychiatric symptoms of North Korean refugees living in South Korea were insomnia and headaches. It suggests that when performing psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of North Korean refugees, we have to take into consideration the fact that they claimed the physical symptoms more than the emotional ones. Also, from the aspect that most symptoms of North Korean refugees were insomnia, more profound research on sleep is required in the future.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.274-282
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• 2020

This study examined the effect of job stress and mental health factors on the oral symptoms of caring service workers in Seoul. For the research method, a survey was conducted from July 24 to August 6, targeting 150 caring service workers. The survey items were job stress, mental health (physical symptoms, anxiety, and insomnia), and self-diagnosed oral symptoms. The results of the study were as follows. Job stress (p=0.001) had a significant effect on the oral symptoms. In addition, physical symptoms (p<0.001), anxiety symptoms (p<0.001), and insomnia symptoms (p<0.001) all had significant effects on the oral symptoms. Among the risk factors, physical symptoms had the greatest influence on oral symptoms. In addition, according to the correlation result of job stress, anxiety symptoms, insomnia symptoms, oral symptoms, as job stress increases, physical symptoms (p<0.001), anxiety symptoms (p<0.001), insomnia symptoms (p<0.001), oral symptoms (p<0.01) showed an increasing positive correlation and a statistically significant difference. Physical and psychological labor power is greatly exhausted by care service workers performing tasks that require physical and mental care for those who are being cared for. Therefore, there is a need for systematic expansion measures for the mental health of workers and the introduction of customized oral health education programs to improve oral health because improved health and oral health conditions can increase work performance.

• 건강소식
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.14-15
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• 2012

훅 불면 날아갈 것 같은 가냘픈 체구의 소녀가 2010년 광저우 아시안게임에서 값진 동메달을 거는 모습을 기억하는가? 한국 리듬체조 역사상 처음으로 개인종합 동메달을 따낸 순간이었다. 2년이 지난 지금 손연재는 국제체조연맹(FIG) 세계랭킹 5위까지 올라가며 이제 대한민국을 뛰어넘어 세계 톱클래스 선수로 인정받기에 이르렀다.

• Feed Journal
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• v.3 no.10 s.26
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• pp.122-127
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• 2005

"2003년 중반부터 국제유가는 등락을 거듭하며 상승추세를 지속해오며 사상 최고의 가격을 연일 경신하고 있다. 배럴달 25달러 선에 머물던 국제유가는 현재 70달러선을 오르내리고 있고 카트리나 등 대형태풍과 겨울철 성수기를 앞두고 난방유 부족에 대한 우려 및 원유재고 감소 등으로 인하여 고유가 기조는 계속될 전망이다. 향후에도 중국, 인도 등 아시아 국가들의 빠른 산업화로 석유수요는 증가세를 지속하고 산유국의 증산여력도 미미한 실정이며 산"

• Bulletin of Food Technology
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.215-223
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• 2007

현대는 누구나 다소 스트레스의 영향 아래 생활하고 있다. 이와 같은 스트레스가 인체에 미치는 영향에 대해서는 최근 상세히 조사.연구되어 불면이나 우울증 등 여러 가지 질병을 일으킨다는 것이 보고되어 있다. 이 중 식품분야에서는 항스트레스 대책의 일환으로서 뇌.신경계에 작용하여 스트레스 완화효과를 기대할 수 있는 GABA나 PS, 아데닌과 같은 기능성소재가 제안되고 있다. 본문에서는 항스트레스를 컨셉트로 한 상품 및 소재의 연구.개발상황에 대해 살펴보고자 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.191-202
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• 1989

This study was peformed to examine the effect of muscle relaxation training on patients with insomnia complaint. The subjects were selected those who have taken poor sleep below 240-300 minutes. per day, between 16-15ages, without organic brain syndroms. Using the Budzinski's muscle relaxation training tapes the patients have been gotten the muscle relaxation training daily during four weeks and examined the state anxiety with Spielberger's Trait-State Anxiety Scale, and investigated Sleep amounts, Blood pressure, Pulse rates, Respiratory rates before and after the muscle relaxation training. The results were as follow : 1. The mean of the State anxiety after the muscle relaxation training(41.8$\pm$6.4) was significantly lower than that of before training (54.2$\pm$7.0) (p＜0.001). 2. The mean of systolic blood pressure after the training (114.$\pm$7.8mmHg) was significantly lower than that of before training (139.0$\pm$9.8) (P＜0.001). 3. The mean of Pulse rate after the traing (89.2$\pm$3.0) was significantly lower than that of before training (103.9$\pm$7.4) (P＜0.001). 4. The mean of Respiratory rate after the training(18.6$\pm$1.0) was significantly lower than that of before training(22.8$\pm$1.3) (P＜0.001). 5. The mean of Sleep amount after the muscle relaxation training (459.8$\pm$52.4 minutes) was significantly increased than that of before training (287.3$\pm$30.3) (P＜0.001).

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.19-34
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• 2022

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to compare the prescriptions used for insomnia in Uihagimmun and Donguibogam. Methods : In Uihagimmun, 17 prescriptions were selected. If there was a change in the medicinal material, the altered herbal medicine was indicated along with the prescription name. In Donguibogam, 14 prescriptions were selected. Each prescription was analyzed by dividing it into prescription composition, and herbal medicine. Medications constituting a prescription were classified according to the classification of Korean herbal medicines and arranged based on their frequency of appearance. Result : The causes of insomnia were classified mainly as exhaustion in Uihagimmun and as exhaustion, stress, low energy, aging and discomfort in Donguibogam. In Uihagimmun, numerous medicines were used to relieve fever, and in Donguibogam, the use of stabilizers increased. More warm medicines were used in Donguibogam than in Uihagimmun, and the taste trend was similar in each. Conclusions : The types of causes of insomnia increased more in Donguibogam than Uihagimmun. Accordingly, the two books showed differences in drug classification and properties of a medicine. However, in terms of taste and action of medicinal herbs, they showed similar patterns, and there was only a difference in the order of frequency.

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.84-88
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• 2012

Introduction: The objective of the present study was to investigate the independent effects of major depressive disorder (MDD) and insomnia on somatization, respectively. Methods: A total of 181 participants (73 males and 108 females ; mean age $41.59{\pm}8.92$) without serious medical problem were recruited from a community and a psychiatric clinic in Republic of Korea. Subjects were divided into 4 groups based on the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV axis I disorder (SCID-IV) and sleep questionnaire : 1) normal controls (n=127), 2) primary insomnia (n=11), 3) MDD without insomnia (n=14), and 4) MDD with insomnia (n=29). All participants were requested to complete the somatization subscores of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). Results: There were significant between-group differences in somatization score (F=25.30, p<0.001). Subjects with both MDD and insomnia showed higher somatization score compared to normal control (p<0.001), subjects with primary insomnia (p=0.01), or MDD subjects without insomnia (p<0.001). Subjects with primary insomnia had higher somatization score than normal controls (p<0.01), while there was no significant difference between MDD subjects without insomnia and normal controls. In multiple regression, presence of insomnia predicted higher somatization score (beta=0.44, p<0.001), while there was only non-significant association between MDD and somatization (beta=0.14, p=0.08). Conclusion: In the current study, insomnia was associated with somatization independently from major depression. Subjects with primary insomnia showed higher somatization. Within MDD patients, presence of insomnia was related to higher somatization. Our finding suggests that insomnia may partly mediate the relationship between depression and somatization.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.109-114
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• 2011

The abnormalities in Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal(HPA) axis are associated with many psychiatric symptoms including depression. We present a report of a 71 year old man who was admitted to the psychiatric department presenting symptoms of headache, avolition, loss of energy, psychomotor retardation, poor appetite, insomnia, anxiety resulting from adrenal insufficiency and hypopituitarism. Hypothyroidism and electrolyte disturbance were managed and headache, insomnia, anxiety, GI symptoms were improved. But he remained in anergic state. After discharge, he was readmitted to infection department with high fever and drowsy mentality. Adrenal insufficiency was recognized and he was treated with corticosteroid replacement therapy. Finally his diagnosis was made as panhypopituitarism and overall symptoms were resolved. In this case, we showed how the atypical symptoms resulting from hypopituitarism develop and progress. Hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, and growth hormone deficiency resulting secondarily from panhypopituitarism were associated with various nonspecific symptoms such as loss of energy, fatigue, insomnia, weight loss, decreased appetite etc. In clinical situation, differential diagnosis with depression is needed when clinicians were met a patient with these nonspecific symptoms. It is important that laboratory tests and differential diagnosis with endocrine diseases should be conducted, especially in geriatric patients with nonspecific symptoms like anergia, fatigue, poor appetite and so on.