요양소에 수용중인 정신장애자의 입소전 치료방법에 관한 연구

A Study on Previous Treatment Methods of the Mentally ILL Institutionalized in Asylums

In Korea, a large number of the mentally ill are still institutionalized in asylums where they can not receive modern psychiatric treatments. This survey was designed to investigate previous treatment methods of these psychiatric patients and to offer basic data in order to develop modern psychiatric delivery system for patients institutionalized in asylums. The 694 subjects who could give cooperative informations were selrected from 6 asylums which are located in the Kwang-ju and Chonnam area. The data on this survey was collected by investigators interview from Mar. 30,1987 to Apr. 10，1987. The previous treatment methods were divided into 8 groups (modern psychiatric treatment, asylym, Korean shamanic rite, religious healing, herb medicine, drug store, others and no treatment) and multiple responses were allowed. The methods were studied relating to the following psychiatric and sociodemographic factors : psychiatric diagnosis, age at the time of institutionalization, morbid duration before institutionalization, sex, occupation, residence, religion, economic status, marital status, educational level, and guardian. 49% of the patients had no experienced any previous treatment for their mental illness. 35 % of the patients had been given modern psychiatric treatment and 23 % had been previously institutionalized in asylums. The other treatment methods were reported in less than 10% of the patients. There were significant relationships between the choice of treatment methods and the psychiatric and sociodemographic factors