Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder and Hwa-byung in the General Korean Population

• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: Soohyun Joe JungSun Lee SeongYoon Kim Seunghee Won JongSeok Lim KyooSeob Ha
• 간행물 정보: 『Psychiatry Investigation』제14권 제4호, 392~399쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
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• 발행일자: 2017.07.31

영문 초록

Objective-Posttraumatic embitterment disorder (PTED) is characterized by states of “embitterment”, characteristically similar to “Hwa-byung”, which is a Korean culture-bound syndrome. The present study aimed to assess diagnostic relationships between PTED and Hwa-byung. Methods-A total of 290 participants completed our survey. PTED and Hwa-byung were diagnosed using a diagnostic interview and scale. Scales for depression, suicide ideation, and anger were used for evaluation. Fisher’s exact tests and Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to evaluate diagnostic overlap between PTED and Hwa-byung, and associations of scale scores for depression, suicide ideation, and anger between the PTED, Hwa-byung, and non-diagnosed groups. Associations of these scales between the depressive and non-depressive groups, and suicidal and non-suicidal groups were also evaluated. Results-Among the participants, 1.7% of the sample fit the diagnostic criteria for PTED and 2.1% fit the criteria for Hwa-byung. No individual fit the criteria for both. Anger scores were significantly higher in the Hwa-byung group than in the non-diagnostic group. There were not any significant differences in anger scores between the PTED and non-diagnostic groups. Depression scores were significantly higher in the PTED than in the non-diagnostic groups. In contrast, no significant differences were observed between depression scores in the Hwa-byung and non-diagnostic groups. Conclusion-These results suggest that PTED may be a disorder category that is distinct from Hwa-byung.

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Stress disorders Post-traumatic Anger Cultural psychiatry Koreans