[학술논문] Qualitative study on the changes in mental health perceptions among female North Korean defectors in South Korea

...of mental health issues were identified. Female North Korean defectors had never heard of the term ' mental health' in North Korea and did not look into their own mental health because it was difficult to live without an identity in a third country. They encountered mental health for the first time in Korea and had their own definition of it. Although some subjects approached mental health services...