Divided countries, divided mind 1: Psycho-social issues in adaptation problems of North Korean defectors

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Sung, Kil Min ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Culture; Korean unification; Mental health; North Korean defectors; Personality development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEAR; GUILT; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIETY;

EID: 42049083944     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2008.5.1.1     Document Type: Review

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