京幾道 連川地方에서의 主要精神疾患에 對한 疫學調查

AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MAJOR MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE YUN CHUN AREA

The author studied the prevalence of major mental disorders (Schizophrenia, Manic depressive illness, Epilepsy, General paresis, Mental retardation, and other psychoses) in Mi San Myun and Baik Hak Myun, Yun Chun Gun, Kyung Ki Do, Korea which were populated by 8,364 persons, by the Intensive Census Visit Method from Jan. 15th 1976 to Feb. 28th, 1976. The results were as follows: 1. The general prevalences were 0.29% for schizophrenia, 0.02% for manic depressive illness, 0. 43% for epilepsy, 0. 09% for mental retardation, 0. 05% for other psychosis, and 0. 59% for all mental major disorders. 2. The age of onset of each disorders was largely coincident with the range of age of susceptibility suggested previously in other countries. 3. The corrected incidences obtained from Wein berg’s abridged method were 0. 70% (the range of age of susceptibility; 16-40) for schizophrenia, 0.07% (the range of age of susceptibility; 16-50) for manic depressive illness, 0.23% (the range of age of susceptibility; 5-30) for epilepsy, 1.07% (the range of age of susceptibility； 61-100) for senile psychosis. 4. The majority of these patients were chronici, e; the duration of illness were more than five years in 63.27% of all cases. 5. Family mental illness history was revealed ia 28. 57%. 6. The kinds of treatments received by most of them were either superstitious, shamanistic or herb drugs (69.38%) and only 10.20% of the patients received treatment at general practitioner’s clinic. Two of them had history of psychiatric specialist’s therapy.