• 한방비만학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2002

식이장애란 체형과 체중에 대해 과도한 집착과 왜곡된 인지를 가지면서 비정상적인 식사행동을 반복하고 그에 따른 신체적, 심리적 부작용을 나타내는 장애를 말하며, 대표적으로 신경성 식욕부진증 및 신경성 폭식증이 있으며, 그 외 폭식장애를 비롯한 달리 분류되지 않은 식이장애가 있다. 서구문화의 급속한 유입으로 인하여 1990년대 이후 우리나라에서도 식이장애의 발병율이 점차 증가하는 추세에 있으며 특히 청소년과 조기성년기 여성에게서 문제가 되고 있다. 비만 클리닉에 체중감량을 원해 내원하는 환자들은 식이장애에 대한 고위험군일 가능성이 있으며, 체중감량을 위한 과도한 식사제한은 자칫 식이장애를 유발할 수 있으므로 비만클리닉 임상의들이 식이장애에 대한 이해를 갖고 적절한 식이요법을 지도하는 것이 필요하다고 생각된다.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2008

Depression and anxiety disorders are common psychiatric illnesses whose etiology remains partially understood. The etiology of depression and anxiety disorders is multi-factorial, and abnormalities in neurotransmitter, neuroendocrine system, and brain activation have been implicated in those conditions. However, the pathophysiology of depression and anxiety disorder is certainly not well understood, and some patients with depression or anxiety disorders do not respond to antidepressant therapy. Recently, immunological factors such as cytokines are known to be closely related to central nervous system as well as depression and anxiety disorders. This review highlights recent progress in understanding the function of cytokines in depression and anxiety disorders.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2014

연구목적 이 연구는 2년 6개월 동안 일 병원에 입원 중인 HIV감염/AIDS환자에 대한 정신건강의학과 자문 의뢰를 분석하였다. 방법 일 병원에서 2011년 1월 1일부터 2013년 6월 30일까지 자문 의뢰된 97명의 HIV감염/AIDS 환자와 282개의 자문 의뢰를 대상으로 후향적 의무기록 연구를 수행하였다. 결과 97명의 HIV감염/AIDS 환자 중 91명(93.8%)이 남자였으며, 평균연령은 48세, 연구 기간 동안 평균 1인당 자문건수는 2.8건이었다. 주로 호소한 증상으로는 우울 102건(55.3%), 불면 60건(14.0%), 불안감 31건(7.2%) 등이었으며, 최초 자문의뢰 시 진단된 정신과적 질환은 우울장애 37명(37.0%), 인지장애 11명(11.0%), 섬망 9명(9.0%) 등 이었고 투약 권고된 향정신병 약물은 Lorazepam 99건(17.2%), Escitalopram 90건(15.7%), Quetiapine 84건(14.6%) 순이었다. 결론 HIV감염/AIDS 입원 환자들은 '우울감', '불면', '자살사고/시도' 등을 주문제로 정신건강의학과로 자문의뢰 되었고, 자문의뢰 환자의 85명(93.3%)에서 정신장애로 진단을 받았다 그러나 자문의뢰 환자의 16.9%만 퇴원 후 본원 정신건강의학과로 외래 추적 진료가 이루어져, 향후, 정신건강문제가 HIV감염 및 AIDS의 치료 순응도, 예후, 전파에 미치는 영향에 대한 장기적 연구가 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2008

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of osmotic release oral system-methylphenidate (OROS-MPH) in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and comorbid psychiatric disorders. Methods: This was an 8-week open label study of OROS-MPH monotherapy. The subjects were 113 children with ADHD aged 6-12 years. Outcome measures were the Korean version of the parent ADHD Rating Scale (K-ARS), Korean version of the Conners Parent Rating Scale (K-CPRS), Clinical Global Impression-Severity and Clinical Global Impression-Improvement. Side effects were monitored using Barkley's Side Effect Rating Scale. We compared the change-over-time in the mean scores of the outcome measure according to the comorbidity of disruptive behavior disorder, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and tic disorder. Results: The mean K-ARS and K-CPRS scores were significantly decreased, regardless of the comorbidity. The mean doses of OROS-MPH and dropout rate did not differ significantly according to comorbidity. The OROS-MPH was well tolerated, regardless of the comorbidity. However, children with tic disorder reported a higher frequency of tics or nervous movements between the $2^{nd}\;and\;8^{th}$ week than those without tic disorder. Conclusion: The OROS-MPH is effective for decreasing the symptoms of ADHD, and it is well tolerated, even by patients with comorbid psychiatric disorders.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2008

Objectives : We examined the effect of sociodemographic factors, cancer, and psychiatric disorders on suicide by gender and age-specific patterns in South Korea. Methods : The study is a case-control study. Claim data was obtained from the national health insurance database and national death registration database. The number of people who committed suicide was 11,523, which was matched with a control group consisting of ten times as many people at 115,230 selected from the national health insurance and medical aids beneficiaries. The medical utilization of the case group was one year before death and that of the control group was from July 1,2003 to June 30, 2004. Four variables-address, economic status, presence of a psychiatric disease, and cancer-were used in multiple logistic regression analyses. Results : Living in cities or in rural areas showed a greater risk for suicide than living in a metropolitan city. Low economic status, the presence of a psychiatric disorder, and cancer were also statistically meaningful risk factors for suicide. The three major psychiatric diseases, schizophrenia, alcohol abuse, and bipolar disorder, were meaningful in all age groups, but the scale of the odds ratio differed by the age group. Only the psychiatric disorder variable was meaningful in the adolescent group, whereas a psychiatric disorder and economic status were meaningful for the young adult group, and all variables were meaningful for the middle-aged group. A psychiatric disorder and cancer were meaningful in the elderly group, economic status was meaningful for male subjects, and address was meaningful for female subjects. Conclusions : Factors such as living in city or rural areas, low economic status, the presence of a psychiatric disorder, and cancer were statistically meaningful risk factors in suicide. These factors also differed by age group. Therefore, policymakers should establish policies for suicide prevention that are relevant for each age group.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 1995

Reports about the prevalence of premenstrual symptoms state that occurs in 20 to 100% of most reproductive-age women. There is a close association between premenstrual syndrome and affective disorders as well as same some other psychiatric disorders. Late luteal phase dysphoric disorder (LLPDD) is a premenstrual condition defined in DSM-III-R by severe mood changes and other symptoms that repeatedly occur only in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. However, DSM-III-R does not specify how to compute the change from the follicular to the luteal phase or how to determine when the amount of change is great enough to warrant the diagnosis nor how to determine occupational or social functional impairment. This study was conducted to evaluate the nature, severity and magnitude of premenstrual syndrome in women with current psychiatric disorders by using prospective Daily Rating Form(DRF), and to measure symptom changes according to three scoring methods for diagnosing LLPDD. Our study obtains the data about premenstrual changes estimated by DRF from 22 women with psychiatric disorders who had met criteria for major depressive syndrome on the Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF). The data was scored by each three methods and was determined to meet criteria A for LLPDD. The results are as follows: 1) the subjects, when scored according to the percent change method, effect size method and absolute severity method, met the DSM-III-R criteria A for LLPDD in 36.4% (8 subjects), 14% (3 subjects) and 4.5% (1 subject) of the cases respectively. 2) The items of irritability, anger and impatience were occurred most frequently on the DRF, when it was scored according to the three scoring methods. And the item of breast pain was next frequent according to the effect size method and the percent change method but according to the absolute severity method. 3) The PAF item of impaired social functioning was reported by 16 (73%) of the subjects. 4) 4 (18%) of the subjects met criteria A for LLPDD and reported impaired social functioning. The prevalency of LLPDD according to each method varied. The percent change method yielded the greatest (36.4%), and the absolute seventy method yielded the laest (4.5%), The effect size method yielded an intermediate frequency (14%). Therefore, for maximizing the diagnostic accuracy of LLPDD, a diagnostic procedure including a measure of change (e.q., effect size method, percent change method) as well as confirmed diagnosis by DRF, will be needed. Also, an accurate tool to evaluate impaired social functioning will be required.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.41-45
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• 2007

Objective : The present study investigates patterns of consumption of alcohol, cigarettes, and over the counter drugs (OTC) in Korean patients with PTSD and psychiatric patient controls and healthy controls from multicenter hospital samples. Method : Data were collected from 18 hospitals nationwide. Patients with PTSD were compared with nonpsychotic psychiatric disorders control and healthy control subjects on psychometric measures of consumption of alcohol, cigarettes, and OTC drugs. Result : Ninety-three patients with PTSD, 73 patients with psychiatric disorders control, and 88 healthy control subjects were enrolled. There were significant differences in the frequency of alcohol drinking among the three groups ($X^2$=12.93, df=6, p=0.044). Only 3.2% of healthy control subjects drank alcohol more than 4 times a week, but 43.9% of PTSD group and 46.5% of mental disorder controls drank alcohol more than 4 times a week, respectively. Regarding cigarette smoking, there were no differences among the three groups. There were significant differences in uses of OTC drugs among the three groups; 16.7 % in the PTSD group, 14.9% in the psychiatric control group and 1.3% in the heath control group, respectively ($X^2$=11.31, df=2, p=0.004). Conclusion : In this study, patients with PTSD showed significant differences in the frequency of consumption of alcohol and OTC drugs, as compared with healthy controls. However, there were no differences between the PTSD and psychiatric patient control groups. Since all subjects were enrolled from hospital based sample, results may differ in the community samples. Further studies will be needed for the evaluation of substance uses in these groups.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2015

연구목적 정신신체의학의 발전으로 최근에는 모든 신체적 질환에 대해 생물정신사회적 접근을 추구하고 있다. 그 중 피부과 영역에서는 원형탈모증, 아토피 피부염, 발모벽, 인공 피부염, 다한증, 만성 담마진, 건선, 심상성 좌창 등의 질환과 정신과적 질환과의 연관성이 특히 강조되며, 정신 피부질환(Psychocutaneous disease)이라는 명칭이 사용되나 아직 이에 대한 연구가 미미하다. 청소년기는 2차 성징으로 인해 많은 피부 증상이 발생할 수 있으며, 이는 자아상 형성에 영향을 미칠 수 있으므로, 청소년의 피부질환에 대한 적절한 중재 및 치료의 중요성이 더욱 강조된다. 이에 저자들은 정신과 청소년 환자들의 피부과적 질환의 특성을 알아보기 위해 정신과에서 피부과로 자문 의뢰되는 청소년 환자들의 자문의뢰의 행태를 분석하고자 하였다. 방 법 대학병원에서 정신과에 입원중인 청소년 환자 중 피부과에 의뢰된 22명의 환자와 타과에서 의뢰된 108명의 환자를 대상으로 연령별 및 성별 분포, 자문율, 이환된 피부질환, 자문이유를 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 정신과 입원 환자 중 피부과로 자문 의뢰된 환자들의 평균나이는 15.9세로 관찰되었으며, 남성과 여성의 비율은 1:1.44로 관찰되었다. 정신과에서 의뢰된 청소년 환자들의 진단의 경우 정신과적으로는 기분장애(59.1%), 피부과적으로는 여드름(40.9%)이 가장 많았다. 타과 청소년에 비해 정신과 청소년 환자의 피부과로의 자문율이 유의하게 높았고(11.8% vs. 1.5%), 환자의 요청에 의해 자문이 의뢰되는 비율도 높은 것으로 나타났다(49.9% vs. 16.7%). 결 론 다양한 정신병리적인 문제와 피부과적 질환이 연관되어 환자에게 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 피부과에서는 환자의 거부나 의사의 항정신약물 사용 시작에 불편감을 이유로 질환 치료가 지연될 수 있고, 정신과에서는 피부 문제를 경미한 증상으로 생각하여 간과할 수 있으므로, 두 과 간의 적절한 정보 교환 및 협진 체계를 마련하여 생물정신사회적 접근이 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 심리부검을 통해 전북지역의 자살실태를 파악하는 것이었다. 연구대상은 2013년 5월부터 2014년 4월까지 1년간 전북지역에서 발생한 자살사망자 중 심리적 부검에 동의한 42건의 사례로, 사망자의 직계가족을 대상으로 반구조화된 심리면담을 실시하였다. 그 결과 자살 사망자중 71%가 과거의 자살시도 경험이 있었으며, 50%에서 자살가족력이 보고되었다. 자살의 추정원인으로는 정신 질환(38%)이 가장 빈번하였으며, 그 다음으로는 대인관계 문제(31%), 가정 문제(11%)순이었다. 사망자가 진단받은 정신 질환은 우울증이 가장 빈번하였는데, 대부분이 과거에 치료를 받았지만 사망 당시에는 치료를 받지 않았던 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 자살이 정신 질환과 정신질환에 대한 적절한 개입 실패와 연관되어 있음을 시사한다. 또한 과거 자살시도나 자살 가족력이 있는 대상에 대한 집중적 자살예방개입의 중요성을 시사한다. 끝으로 본 연구의 의의, 제한점에 대해 논의하였다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.3-7
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• 2002

Genes involved in the serotonin system are good candidates for the pathogenesis of mood disorder and mood-related disorders, such as eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcoholism, and suicide. Serotonin type 2A(5-HT2A) receptor gene promoter polymorphism(-1438A/G) has been reported. In this article, authors reviewed the literatures regarding association studies between -1438A/G and mood disorder and mood-related disorders. There are controversial results with limited data to date. Further researches on the -1438A/G in psychiatric disorders are required.