대한민국 법령에 나타난 정신질환에 대한 차별 조항 및 그 개선에 관한 연구

• 영문명: Discrimination of Mentally Ill Persons in Korean Legislative System
• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: 박종익 이성동 정은기 서동우 홍진표
• 간행물 정보: 『신경정신의학』제43권 제2호, 237~241쪽, 전체 5쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.03.30

영문 초록

Objectives：The review of Korean legislative system may contribute to minimize the stigma and prejudice related to mental illness. We tried to search and revise the sentences that dicriminate against the mentally ill or are incompatible to contemporary concept of psychiatry in all Korean laws. Methods：While screening 5,626 laws which were promulgated till August 30th, 2002, we singled out the statutes including the stigma and prejudice related to mental illness in the homepage of the Ministry of Legislation. Results：There were thirty-nine statutes discriminating against mental disorder. The number of statutes related to confering the certificate was 23. Nine laws stipulated to violate the right of psychiatric patients. Seven miscellaneous ones were judged for further evaluation. The most frequent terms used in legislation were ‘mental illness’ and ‘psychosis’. ‘Odd persons’, ‘impairment in mental function’, and ‘schizophrenia’ followed in decreasing orders. Two delphi survey leaded to a tentative conclusion that terminology of ‘psychosis’ should be replaced by ‘psychotic disorder with impaired reality testing’. Most of experts recommended to delete unnecessary clauses of laws to reduce misunderstanding about mentally ill. Conclusion：There exists the terms and expressions stipulating discrimination against mentally ill in Korean legislation. It is an urgent issue to revise the laws with experts’ opinions in order to reduce prejudice and discrimination against mentally ill.

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Legislation Mental illness Discrimination