Occupational psychiatric disorders in Korea.
We searched databases and used various online resources to identify and systematically review all articles on occupational psychiatric disorders among Korean workers published in English and Korean before 2009. Three kinds of occupational psychiatric disorders were studied: disorders related to job stress and mental illness, psychiatric symptoms emerging in victims of industrial injuries, and occupational psychiatric disorders compensated by Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance (IACI). Korea does not maintain official statistical records for occupational psychiatric disorders, but several studies have estimated the number of occupational psychiatric disorders using the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL, formerly KLWC) database. The major compensated occupational psychiatric disorders in Korea were "personality and behavioral disorders due to brain disease, damage, and dysfunction", "other mental disorders due to brain damage and dysfunction and to physical diseases", "reactions to severe stress and adjustment disorders", and "depressive episodes". The most common work-related psychiatric disorders, excluding accidents, were "neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders" followed by "mood disorders".
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. cksinj@yahoo.co.kr
Kyeong-Sook
KS
Choi
Seong-Kyu
SK
Kang
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000191:economics*
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