[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...
[학술논문] 북한이탈주민의 남한에서의 삶의 질:3년 추적 조사
...discerning demographic data, life experiences, and physical health. Results: For last 3 years, more defectors had higher education, married, and higher income. However, their unemployment numbers did not decrease, while their number of believers in a religion did decrease. QoL scores remained low in the areas of negative feelings, financial resources, ependence on treatment and drugs, recreation and leisure...
[학술논문] 북한의 사유제 정착과정과 민간산업정책(1945~1950)
...it was turning of industrial policies to prepare socialistic construction modeling experiences of Soviet Russia. North Korea's hostile attitudes against private industry and capitalists threatened even autonomous management of enterprises by industrialists. They suffered severe control and discriminative treatment by the authorities. Today serious economic crises in North Korea might have been caused...
[학술논문] 다문화 및 북한이탈주민 가정 자녀의 정신건강
...risk factors of North Korean adolescent refugees’ mental health are suggested to be past traumatic experiences, long duration of defection and short period of adaptation. When mental health professionals provide assessment and treatment, they should consider the pre- and post-migration experiences & cultural background that affect the illness behaviors and attitudes toward mental illnesses. Lastly...
[학술논문] Unification Education in Korean Schools: Content and Curriculum Analysis
...curricula frame unification primarily in terms of values and attitudes, emphasizing the meaning and significance of unification, the dispositions students should cultivate toward it, and the experiences and fair treatment of North Korean defectors. In contrast, Social Studies curricula present unification as an institutional and structural issue, addressing the historical causes of division on the Korean...