caa a22 4500 445849177 CHVBK 20180317145408.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-011-9396-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-011-9396-7 Reassessing the High Proportion of Involuntary Psychiatric Hospital Admissions in South Korea [Elektronische Daten] [John Bola, Eon-Ha Park, Seong-Yeon Kim] The 2007 WHO-AIMS report on the mental health system of South Korea documented progress towards a national mental health plan, protection of human rights, and growth of community based services. Yet concern was expressed that the high proportion of involuntary to total psychiatric hospitalizations (92%) may indicate an excessively coercive system. Involuntary hospitalization in Korea rose from 117 to 132 (per 100,000) between 2000 and 2006. In 2000, the median rate in the European Union (EU) was 74 per 100,000 (Range: 6-218). While Korea's involuntary hospitalization rate is within the EU range, its proportion of involuntary hospitalizations is three times that of the highest EU country (30%, Sweden). Underdevelopment of voluntary psychiatric services and culturally mandated family referrals resulting in involuntary hospitalization are apparent reasons for the high proportion of involuntary hospitalizations. Population-based rates per 100,000 more accurately describe involuntary hospitalization than the proportion (ratio) measure used in the WHO-AIMS reports. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Psychiatric hospitalization nationallicence Involuntary hospitalization nationallicence WHO-AIMS report nationallicence Community mental health in Asia nationallicence Korea nationallicence Bola John Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong aut Park Eon-Ha Yonsei University Graduate School of Social Welfare, Appenzeller Hall, Seoul, South Korea aut Kim Seong-Yeon Yonsei University Graduate School of Social Welfare, Appenzeller Hall, Seoul, South Korea aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/5(2011-10-01), 603-606 0010-3853 47:5<603 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9396-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9396-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bola John Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Park Eon-Ha Yonsei University Graduate School of Social Welfare, Appenzeller Hall, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kim Seong-Yeon Yonsei University Graduate School of Social Welfare, Appenzeller Hall, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/5(2011-10-01), 603-606 0010-3853 47:5<603 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer