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KMID : 0897520200250020087
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2020 Volume.25 No. 2 p.87 ~ p.95
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A Study on The Status of Violence in Psychiatric Institution
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Bae Jun-Ho
Lee Hae-Kook
Chung Chung-Yeob
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Abstract
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Recently, numerous doctors have been killed or injured in the psychiatric field. The likelihood of being exposed to violence is greater in psychiatry than other fields of medicine due to its nature of treating people with high-risk mental illness. In the case of protective hospitalization (formerly referred to as forced hospitalization) for such patients with severe mentally illness, treatment procedures may be carried out against their will without clear support from the public authority. In addition, due to poor manpower and facility conditions, compliance with treatment is declining, and a psychiatric medical environment that does not protect the safety and human rights of both patients and medical staff is maintained. This paper, in light of the problems mentioned above, examines the actual condition and degree of risk of violence against health care workers belonging to the Department of Mental Health, who are confronted with mentally ill patients. Furthermore, it will be considered whether there are additional necessary countermeasures to protect health care workers belonging to the Department of Mental Health in South Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Violence in psychiatric institutions, Policy
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