Zainichi Koreans and mental health psychiatric problem in Japanese Korean minorities their social background and life story 1st editon by Taeyoung Kim 1000456765 9781000456769

1 History and actual condition of Zainichi Koreans

1.1 Zainichi Koreans and social distance

2 “Zainichi” Korean and mental disorders

2.1 Studies on Zainichi Koreans and mental disorders

2.2 Discrimination and stress based on a survey of actual conditions

2.3 Zainichi Koreans and suicide rate

3 Compound discrimination and mental disorder/suicide in Zainichi Korean women

3.1 Discussion

3.1.1 Confucian philosophy and discrimination against women

3.1.2 Composition of a patriarch system and social construct of a dysfunctional family

3.1.3 Intergenerational trauma

4 The life stories of four Zainichi Koreans with mental disorders

4.1 Life story of Mr. A

4.1.1 Condition at the time of the interview

4.1.2 Details of initial hospitalization

4.1.3 Family environment

4.1.4 Isolation from local society

4.1.5 Meeting with the ethnic group

4.1.6 “The game world”

4.2 Life story of Mr. B

4.2.1 Family environment

4.2.2 Awareness as a “Zainichi Korean”

4.2.3 Memories of school education

4.2.4 Awareness of illness

4.2.5 Suicide attempt

4.3 Life story of Mr. C

4.3.1 Family environment

4.3.2 Realization of being “half Japanese, half Korean” and awareness of sexual discomfort

4.3.3 Awareness of discrimination against “Zainichi Koreans”

4.3.4 Complicated identity

4.3.5 Current conditions

4.4 Life story of Mr. D

4.4.1 Family environment

4.4.2 Experiences in school education and formation of a negative identity

4.4.3 Continuing on to the university and the ethnic community

4.4.4 Work at the ethnic organization and onset of mental disease

4.4.5 Hospitalization and life under medical treatment

4.4.6 Conflict with a “left-wing activist”

4.4.7 Recurrence and hospitalization

4.4.8 Death in the family

4.4.9 “Tying multiple layers of vertical and horizontal threads together”

5 Sociocultural factors of Zainichi Koreans with mental disorders

5.1 Hate speech and stress

5.2 Discrimination leading to moral harassment

5.3 Racism and stress

5.4 Minority and mental disorders

5.5 Zainichi Korean as an involuntary minority

5.6 Experience of immigration and marginalization

5.7 Discrimination and trauma

5.8 Socioeconomic factors

5.9 Stigma and passing

5.10 Marginal man and multiple identities

5.11 Regional community and isolation

5.12 Political nature and ethnic community of Zainichi Koreans

5.13 Clinical bias

6 Establishment of a mental health system for Zainichi Koreans

6.1 Mental health peer support for Zainichi Koreans

6.2 “Inochi no Denwa (telephone counseling service)” for Zainichi

6.3 Association of bereaved family members of Zainichi suicide victims

6.4 Education and training activities to increase the number of Zainichi-friendly psychiatrists and support staff

6.5 Training of human resources who can practice various approaches

Conclusion

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