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KMID : 0377220000250010067
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Medical Journal of Chosun Univercity
2000 Volume.25 No. 1 p.67 ~ p.77
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Comparison of Before and After the IMF Situation in the Aspects of Suicide through the Search of a Newspaper in Korea
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Park Sang-Hag
Kim Kyung-Hwan
Kim Hack-Ryul
Kim Sang-Hoon
Pyo Kyung-Sik
Cho Young-Rae
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Abstract
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Objectives : Under an IMF bailout program, our country’s financial situation forced people to change many things suddenly. Therefore, this study was attempted to search the aspects of changes of suicide attempts in order to find out how the financial crisis affects people’s suicide attempts, the extreme repertoire for psychological change
Method : November 21, 1997, the day issued the application of IMF bailout program, is the basic date for comparing the changes, on a certain newspaper(Dong-A daily newspaper). The condition was divided into two, namely before and after the basic date, and the characteristics of suicide were compared between two conditions.
Results : The news of suicide increased more after than before the application of IMF situation. (before:105, after:158) Specially, for 30-50 years old, active age in community, the rate of suicide attempts reached twice than that of the others. After the IMF situation, the prominent reason of suicide was the financial crisis. For the type of suicide, the family suicide was remarkably increased after the IMF situation.
Conclusion : The frequency of the news of suicide was higher after than before IMF bailout program. The major reason of suicide was the financial crisis. Considering that the social and economic crisis affects people’s view of death, psychosocial interventions are necessary for their mental health.
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KEYWORD
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Suicide, IMF
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