SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean teenagers receiving treatment for anxiety disorders has soared by more than 60% over the past four years, reflecting mounting mental health concerns among the nation’s youth. According to data released Friday by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), 41,611 individuals aged 10 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Koreans undergoing surgical treatment for snoring has increased 63.7 percent from 2,554 in 2009 to 4,182 in 2013, according to an article in a web magazine published by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) on April 18. Men were more likely to receive such treatments [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 4 (Korea Bizwire) – While patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) keep increasing in Korea, one of the two patients are in their 20s and 30s, according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA). HIRA announced that the number of patients diagnosed as OCD marked 23,846 last year, up 13.1 [...]