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Seoul Plans to End Family Guardian Requirement for Psychiatric Patients

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing to abolish a decades-old system that requires family members to act as legal guardians for psychiatric patients, a move hailed by advocates as a long-awaited step toward strengthening state responsibility for mental health care. According to officials and welfare experts on Sunday, the draft of the [...]

Increase in Psychiatric Patients Confirms Existence of ‘Corona Blues’

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans receiving psychiatric treatment turned out to have increased markedly in the spreading stages of the coronavirus. According to a report released by the Korea Insurance Research Institute, the number of visits to psychiatric clinics marked a 9.9 percent increase in the first half of [...]