한국 청소년 정신의학의 연구경향

The Trends of Adolescent Psychiatric Researches in Korea

For the purpose of analyzing the recent trends of adolescent psychiatric researches in Korea, the author reviewed 136 domestic articles and compared them with 161 foreign articles published from 1962 to 1990. The results are as follows; 1) The number of domestic articles published doubled during each decade ; 14 articles in 1960 s, 45 articles in 1970、s, 77 articles in 1980 s 2) Majority of the domestic articles are about delinquent adolescents(43.4% ), developmental perspectivesC 15.4%) and clinical study(11.8%). Studies about suicide, treatment techniques and other disorders are rane. 3) On the distrubution of the domestic articles into type of article, overview is 13.2% ， case review is 7.4% and reseach，most of which were done by psychosocial approaches,is 79.4%. 4) Most of the domestic research articles claims etiological(47.2%) or epidemiological aspects(27.8%) as their aims. 5) Research methods are predominantly cross-sectional(65.7 % ) or retrospective(32.4%). There are very few prospective-longitudinal or experimental studies. 6) The study tools used in these articles are mainly questionnaires and chart review. 7) The samples studied in domestic articles are middle or high school students(48.2%), delinquent adolescents who are in correctional institution(28.7%) and patients(21.3%). The author suggests further studies be done on the developmental perspectives of normal adeolescents by longitudinal and experimental study, the treatment and outcome for adolescent patients, adolescent suicide and the other psychiatric disorders