• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.110-118
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• 2024

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Depression and anxiety are common mental health problems. Anthocyanins from berries might have an inhibitory effect on monoamine oxidase (MAO) enzymes and alleviate various mood and anxiety symptoms. This study examined the effects of a daily supplement of an anthocyanin-rich product on mental health problems. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis from a randomized, 6-week, open-label trial in 300 healthy participants aged 18-60 years who consumed 1 or 2 servings of anthocyanin-rich mulberry milk daily. The General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to monitor mental health problems. In addition, the saliva activity levels of MAO-A, MAO-B, and cortisol were examined at the baseline and after 6 weeks. RESULTS: The total scores of the GHQ-28 and HADS and all their subscales decreased in both groups (all P < 0.05). The cortisol, MAO-A, and MAO-B activities decreased significantly (all P < 0.05), but there were no significant differences between the groups (all P > 0.05). Significant correlations were noted between the decreased activity level of MAO-A enzyme and decreased scores from the GHQ-28 somatic subscale and the HADS depression subscale (all P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Daily consumption of anthocyanin-rich mulberry milk possibly improves mental health problems by reducing depressive and anxiety symptoms in the working population. The suppression of MAO-A activity is a possible underlying mechanism.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.173-183
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with the mental health-related quality of life (MHQoL) of Korean workers. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 192 Korean pay workers who worked in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province, Korea. Data were collected from May 15 to July 2, 2019, through selfreported questionnaires. The survey had a total of 87 questions including individual, organizational, and psychosocial factors. MHQoL was measured using short form-36 version 1. Data were divided into four domains of MHQoL and analyzed using a hierarchical linear regression model. Results: From the hierarchical linear regression analysis, when the psychosocial factors were included in the regression model, the R² change in the four domains of MHQoL increased significantly by 19~47%. A common predicting factor associated with the four domains of MHQoL was identified as perceived stress symptoms. Other factors affecting MHQoL showed slight differences in each domain. Conclusion: Based on the study results, it is necessary to monitor the psychosocial symptoms to improve MHQoL of Korean workers. Considering each factor affecting the four areas of MHQoL, workplace-based interventions to improve MHQoL should be provided to workers.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2006

Inspection works are mainly carried out with the help of human sensory organs and are relatively simple and repetitive, so that the workers easily become to feel fatigue and monotony, and their mental activity levels attenuate. Consequently, during the work time, it is natural that various lighting conditions around the workplaces may have in-fluence on work performance. This study aimed to analyze cortical fatigue of inspection workers. Thus, an inspection work was simulated on a computer monitor under various lighting conditions, and CFF, EEG, EOG, and HRV were analyzed. According to the results, fatigue symptoms turned up about $60{\sim}90$ minutes after the onset of the work. The work performance also decreased when the fatigue symptoms due to lighting conditions turned up. The variations of fatigue and work performance were affected by illuminators, illumination levels, or interaction of those two factors. The spiral fluorescent lamp seemed improper to the inspection work, because the work performance under that condition was lower than under any other illuminators.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.184-193
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• 1994

저자들은 성학대를 경험한 소아청소년에 있어서 가족내와 가족외의 성학대형태와 가해자의 특성, 소아의 연령과 학대 형태에 따른 증상의 차이, 부모의 반응, 치료과정등의 임상적 특징을 살펴보았다. 연구대상은 1992년 1월부터 1993년 12월까지 국립서울정신병원 외래를 방문한 소아청소년 성학대아 10명을 대상으로 하였다. 가족내 성학대의 경우 가족외 성학대인 경우보다 좀더 만성적인 경과와 더 심한 가족병리를 보였고 학령전기에는 주로 신체적 증상과 불안이, 학령기에는 우울반응, 위축이 좀더 두드러졌다. 가족의 반응에서는 분노와 죄책감이 가장 흔하였고 치료는 위기개임중재, 놀이치료, 필요한 경우 입원치료가 시행되었다. 치료의 유지는 부모의 회피와 억압으로 어려움을 겪었다.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2017

목 적 : 본 연구의 목적은 불면증과 정신병적 증상이 지속되는 조현병 환자의 수면 장애와 연관된 요인과 수면의 특징을 평가하는 것이다. 방 법 : 지역사회 정신보건 시설에 거주 중이며 불면증과 정신병적 증상이 동반된 조현병 환자들이 참여하였다(n = 63). The Korean version of Insomnia Severity Index (ISIK)와 the Korean Version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-K)와 같은 수면 척도가 평가되었고, ISI-K 점수가 15점 이상인 대상자들이 연구에 참여하였다. 정신병적, 불안, 우울 증상은 각각 Brief Psychotic Rating Scale (BPRS), the Korean Version of Anxiety Sensitivity Index (K-ASI) 그리고 the Korean Version of Beck Depression Inventory-I(K-BDI)로 평가하였다. 사회인구학적 자료와 ISI-K 그리고 PSQI-K 사이의 상관관계를 확인하기 위해 Pearson correlation analysis를 시행하였다. ISI-K와 PSQI-K에 영향을 미치는 각각의 요인을 확인하기 위하여 다중회귀분석으로 분석하였다. 결 과 : ISI-K와 PSQI-K의 평균 점수는 각각 $18.1{\pm}2.6$점과 $12.0{\pm}2.2$점이었다. Pearson correlation analysis 결과에서 발병 연령과 ISI-K사이의 음의 상관관계와 BPRS와 PSQI-K 사이, K-ASI와 모든 수면 척도 사이의 양의 상관관계를 확인하였다. ISI-K와 PSQI-K에 대해 K-ASI와 발병연령, K-ASI와 BPRS를 각각 단계적으로 입력한 모든 다중회귀분석에서 K-ASI만이 유의한 요인으로 남았다. 결 론 : 본 연구는 조현병 환자의 불면 증상이 우울 또는 정신병적 증상과 무관한 반면, 불안 증상과 관련이 있다는 점을 제안한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.354-361
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• 2021

본 연구는 노인인구의 급속한 증가에 따른 만성질환자 증가 추이를 고려하여, 만성질환에 의한 정신건강 악화에 대해 다루고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 한국인의 사망원인 중에서 상위를 차지하는 5가지의 주요 만성질환(당뇨병, 암, 만성폐질환, 심장질환, 뇌혈관 질환)을 선정하였다. 1-2차년도 고령화연구패널조사(KLoSA)에 참여한 45세 이상의 중고령자를 대상으로, 만성질환 진단자로의 전이와 우울 수준이 어떠한 관계가 있는지 살펴보았다. 연구방법은 SPSS 25.0을 사용한 다중회귀분석을 실시하여, 만성질환자로 전이한 경우 및 5가지 각 질환별 전이한 경우가 우울에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 본 연구결과에 따르면, 만성질환 진단자로 전이는 우울수준을 유의미하게 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 질환별로 살펴보았을 때, 암, 만성 폐질환, 뇌혈관 질환이 진단된 중고령자는 우울 수준이 높아졌으나, 당뇨병과 심장질환이 진단된 경우는 우울에 유의한 영향을 미친다는 증거가 발견되지 않았다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 만성질환자로의 전이와 우울관리에 대한 논의가 이루어졌다.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.329-335
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• 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine how analyzing movies, including mental symptoms, according to a certain method, might affect the understanding of psychiatric disorders. Methods: Forty-four oriental medicine students who had completed Korean medicine neuropsychiatric science were required to submit reports on episode analysis, psychiatric personal history investigation, diagnostic criteria, and the connection between Korean medicine and psychiatric diseases after watching a movie, including psychiatric symptoms. After submitting the report, a questionnaire related to understanding before and after watching the movie was asked to be filled out. Demographic survey, frequency analysis, and response sample t-test were performed based on 42 questionnaires. Results: Results of analyzing the questionnaire were as follows. 1. The average number of movies watched was three. 2. Psychiatric disorders and psychiatric symptoms, diagnostic criteria, psychiatric personal investigation, and understanding of the connection between Korean medicine and psychiatric diseases all increased statistically significantly. 3. A separate process might be needed to improve the understanding of psychiatric personal strength investigation and oriental medicine connection. Conclusions: Movie analysis, including individual mental symptoms, could improve students' understanding of psychiatric disorders in psychiatric symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and psychiatric personal investigation, but some students might need feedback.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.441-454
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• 2021

Objectives: This study investigated the association between the frequency and pattern of eating alone and the mental health status according to region in Korean adults. Methods: The data of 10,040 Korean adults aged ≥ 19 years from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2017 and 2019 were used. Participants were divided into 4 groups based on their frequency of eating alone: none (all meals together), 1, 2, and 3 meals/day alone. The regions were divided into urban and rural areas. Mental health status was assessed by stress recognition, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. Multivariable logistic regressions were conducted to estimate the adjusted odds ratios (AORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) on the association of the frequency and pattern of eating alone with poor mental health after controlling for covariates. Results: Among Korean adults, 74.1% ate more than one meal a day alone. Individuals having 3 meals a day alone tended to be less educated, single, single person households, or living in urban areas (all P < 0.05). In rural areas, those having 3 meals/day alone had higher odds of stress recognition (AOR: 1.55, 95% CI: 1.02-2.35) than those having all meals together. In urban areas, individuals eating alone 3 times/day had higher odds of stress recognition (AOR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.31-1.96), depressive symptoms (AOR: 1.61, 95% CI: 1.23-2.12), and suicidal ideation (AOR: 2.14, 95% CI: 1.42-3.22) compared to those having all meals together. Urban residents having dinner alone had higher odds of depressive symptoms (AOR: 1.29, 95% CI: 1.05-1.58) and suicidal ideation (AOR: 1.66, 95% CI: 1.19-2.33) than those having dinner with others. Conclusions: Our findings showed that the frequency and patterns of eating alone were differentially associated with increased odds of poor mental health according to region of residence. Nutrition education is needed for those frequently eating alone, particularly those living in urban areas, to highlight the advantages of eating together and to ensure that they have balanced and healthy meals even if they eat alone.

• 보험의학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2010

Anxiety disorders Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental disorders in the general population. Anxiety disorders can be viewed as a family of related but distinct mental disorders, which include following as classified in the text revision of fourth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Disorders(DSM-IV-TR): (1) panic disorder with or without agoraphobia; (2) agoraphobia with or without panic disorder; (3) specific phobia; (4) social phobia; (5) obsessive-compulsive disorder; (6) posttraumatic stress disorder; (7) acute stress disorder; (8) generalized anxiety disorder. An acute intense attack of anxiety accompanied by feeling of impending doom is known as panic disorder. The term phobia refer to an excessive fear of a specific object, circumstance, or situation. Obsessivecompulsive disorder is represented by a diverse group of symptoms that include intrusive thoughts, rituals, preoccupations, and compulsions. Posttraumatic stress disorder is a condition marked by development of symptoms after exposure to traumatic life events. Generalized anxiety disorder is defined as excessive anxiety and worry about several events or activities for most days during at least a 6-month period.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.263-276
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• 2004

Clinical study on one case of climacteric syndrome induced hysterectomy climacteric syndrome is symptoms of physical, mental, physiological in menopausal period. Importance of treatment of climacteric symptoms was on the rise recently. I have treated one patient who has mental depression, anxiety, impatience, impotence, palpitations, facial flushing, abdominal pain in the menopausal period in Dongshin University Oriental Hospital. I took acupunture, moxibustion, cupping, and also I made herbal medicine-gamiguibitang(加味歸脾湯). As a result, I got a good effect through above methods. So I came to write this case report.