Yu, Shi-eun
| 2019, 10(1)
| pp.29~43
| number of Cited : 0
The purpose of this study is to explore the research of mental health published in the medical journal in North Korea recently. To this end, among 11 types of North Korcan medical journals received in South Korea, [Preventive Medicine], [Pediatric/Gynecologyl and [Choseon Medical] were analyzed. The scope of this study was limited to the Kim Jong Un era, considering the mental health-related tasks at hand and inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation in the future. From 2011 to the second half of 2018, there were total of 28 papers on mental health-related subject, and 23 out of them were related to psychological counseling and psychological treatment (82.14%), which mainly included psychological diagnosis and treatment effects, and introduction of psychological health and treatment. The number of mental health publications per year was as followed; one in 2011 and 2012 cach, two in 2013 and 2014 cach, seven in 2015, four in 2016, seven in 2017 and four in 2018. According to an analysis of research methods related to mental health in the North Korean medical journal, they consisted of 14 expository studies (50%), 11 literature research (39.29%), two experimental studies (7.14%), and one statistical DB study (3,57%). Through these exploratory considerations, this study finally presented implications for mental health-related research in the North Korean medial journal and proposed plans for future cooperation in mental health exchanges between South and North Korea,