[학술논문] Ideology, Stigma, and Survival: Mental Health and Treatment Experiences of North Korean Women under Authoritarian Rule
This study examines how mental health is defined, experienced, and governed under North Korea’s authoritarian system. Drawing on in-depth interviews with six women who received psychiatric treatment before defection, it reconstructs how ideology and institu-tional control shaped perceptions of illness and care. Findings show that psychological distress was moralized as weakness or ideological deviation