Psychiatric Sequelae of Former “Comfort Women,” Survivors of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during World War II

• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: Jeewon Lee YoungSook Kwak YoonJung Kim EunJi Kim EJin Park Yunmi Shin BunHee Lee SoHee Lee HeeYeon J
• 간행물 정보: 『Psychiatry Investigation』제15권 제4호, 336~343쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.04.30

영문 초록

“Comfort women” refers to young women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese military during World War II. They were abducted from their homes in countries under Imperial Japanese rule, mostly from Korea, and the rest from China, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Netherlands, etc. “Comfort women” endured extreme trauma involving rape, sexual torture, physical abuse, starvation, threats of death, and witnessed many others being tortured and killed. This article reviews all the studies that have investigated the psychiatric or psychosocial sequelae of the survivors of the Japanese military sexual slavery. Most importantly, a recent study which conducted a psychiatric evaluation on the former “comfort women” currently alive in South Korea is introduced. The participants’ unmarried rate was relatively high and their total fertility rate was relatively low. Majority of the participants reported having no education and being the low economic status. They showed high current and lifetime prevalence of posttraumatic disorder, major depressive disorder, somatic symptom disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and alcohol use disorder. Participants showed high suicidality and majority of the participants still reported being ashamed of being former “comfort women” after all these years. This article highlights the fact that the trauma has affected the mental health and social functioning of former “comfort women” throughout their lives, and even to the present day.

목차

INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY OF STUDIES ON THE PSYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHOSOCIAL SEQUELAE OF THE FORMER CONFORT WOMEN

PSYCHIATRIC SEQUELAE OF THE FORMER CONFORT WOMEN CURRENTLY ALIVE IN SOUTH KOREA

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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키워드

Comfort women Japanese military sexual slavery Psychiatric sequelae Posttraumatic stress disorder