Publications by authors named "Hwo-Yeon Seo"
Article Synopsis
- The Seoul Intensive Case Management program (S-ICM) was implemented in 2017 to improve outcomes for patients with serious mental illnesses by reducing hospital stay.
- A study analyzed data from 759 participants to compare average lengths of hospital admission before, during, and after the S-ICM implementation, finding significant reductions in stay duration during the program.
- Results showed that S-ICM effectively shortens psychiatric hospitalizations, indicating its potential benefits for patients with severe mental health issues, particularly in the short term.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to create a comprehensive community-based mental healthcare model by gathering insights from mental health practitioners in Seoul through focus group interviews and surveys.
- The research involved interviews with various mental health professionals and a Delphi survey with experts to assess the current healthcare system and gather opinions on improvements.
- The resulting model for community-based mental healthcare in Seoul integrates psychiatric services with physical health care, aiming to better support individuals with mental illnesses in their communities.
Background: Biogenetic causal explanations of mental disorders are commonly used for public education and campaigns. However, the influence of biogenetic explanations on the ideas about and attitudes toward mental illness is unclear. We examined the influence of biogenetic explanations on attitudes toward mental disorders using a meta-analytic method accompanied by subgroup analyses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study explored the effects of short-term exposure to air pollution on hospital admissions for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a proxy for symptom aggravation, among Korean children aged 5-14 years.
Design: Time-series study.
Setting, Participants And Outcome Measures: We used data from the National Health Insurance Service (2011-2015).
Objective: To establish and to promote the qualitative development of a housing service model in South Korea.
Methods: The questionnaire was collected through the housing needs survey and the focus group interview on the mental health professions. We enrolled 365 subjects from 63 places (community conversion facilities, cohabitation, cohabitation families, hospitals, psychiatric nursing homes) to answer the questionnaires.
Background: The psychiatric treatment gap is substantial in Korea, implying barriers in seeking help.
Objectives: This study aims to explore barriers of seeing psychiatrists, expressed on the internet by age groups.
Methods: A corpus of data was garnered extensively from internet communities, blogs and social network services from 1 January 2016 to 31 July 2019.
Background: This study investigated the longitudinal associations between the degrees of positive and negative spillover in work-life balance (WLB) at baseline and reports of depressive mood at a 2-year follow-up in Korean women employees.
Methods: We used a panel study design data of 1386 women employees who participated in the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families in both 2014 and 2016. Depressive mood was measured using the "10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to 1) explore the relationships among work-life balance (WLB), burnout, and empathy and 2) investigate the roles of the subtypes of burnout relating to WLB and empathy.
Methods: A total of 105 health care professionals from a general hospital in Seoul were assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, and a one-sentence-question on subjective WLB. Multiple questions on psychiatric problems, including sleep problems, anxiety, depressive symptom, and alcohol problems, were also included.
Objective: We conducted this study to address the incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia and similar psychosis in South Korea with Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) database.
Methods: We used HIRA database, which includes diagnostic information of nearly all Korean nationals to collect number of cases with diagnosis of schizophrenia and schizophrenia-similar disorders (SSP), including schizophreniform, acute/transient psychotic disorders, schizoaffective disorders, and other/unspecific nonorganic psychosis (ICD-10 codes F20/23/25/28/29) between 2010 and 2015. The annual prevalence and incidence were calculated using the population data from the Korean Statistical Office.
Poor Work-Life Balance May Lead to Impaired Cognitive Function in Bus Drivers.
J Occup Environ Med
October 2019
Objective: This study aimed to investigate how work-life balance (WLB) corresponds to cognitive functions and which mental health conditions play a mediating role in this association among Korean bus drivers.
Methods: The cognitive failures questionnaire (CFQ) was administered to 347 bus drivers in Seoul, Korea. The differences in the CFQ and WLB scores were examined by analysis of covariance, and a structural equation model (SEM) was constructed for investigating the mediating role of mental health indices between WLB and CFQ scores.
Background: Because there has been a recent increase in refugee applications in Korea, the mental health of these refugees merits greater study.
Methods: We surveyed 129 refugees (including those in process of refugee application) and 121 migrant workers living in urban communities, using: the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for depressive symptoms, the Impact Event Scale-Revised for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and the health questionnaires used in 2016 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). The majority of refugee subjects were from sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East.