Korean J Schizophr Res.  2019 Oct;22(2):34-41. 10.16946/kjsr.2019.22.2.34.

Public Attention to Crime of Schizophrenia and Its Correlation with Use of Mental Health Services in Patients with Schizophrenia

• Park H
• Lee YS
• Lee SY
• Lee S
• Hong KS
• Koike S
• Kwon JS

• KMID: 2462050
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.16946/kjsr.2019.22.2.34

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This study was performed to examine the effects of the public attention to "˜crime of schizophrenia' on the use of mental health services in patients with schizophrenia using big data analysis.
METHODS
Data on the frequency of internet searches for "˜crime of schizophrenia' and the patterns of mental health service utilization by patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders by month were collected from Naver big data and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Services in Korea, respectively. Their correlations in the same and following month for lagged effect were examined.
RESULTS
The number of outpatients correlated negatively with public attention to "˜crime of schizophrenia' in the same month. The lagged relationship between public attention and the number of admissions in psychiatric wards was also found. In terms of sex differences, the use of outpatient services among female patients correlated negatively with public attention in the same month while the number of male patients' admissions in both same and following month correlated positively with public attention.
CONCLUSION
These findings suggested that public attention to "˜crime of schizophrenia' could negatively affect illness behavior in patients with schizophrenia.

Keyword

Attention; Big data; Crime; Mental health services; Schizophrenia; Stigma

MeSH Terms

Crime*
Female
Humans
Illness Behavior
Insurance, Health
Internet
Korea
Male
Mental Health Services*
Mental Health*
Outpatients
Schizophrenia*
Sex Characteristics
Statistics as Topic

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Trends of public attention to crime of patients with schizophrenia and public attention to schizophrenia obtained via Naver big data. The data are normalized to the maximum value of each dataset.

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  Fig. 2 Daily average number of outpatients with schizophrenia using mental health services in Korea.

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  Fig. 3 Daily average number of inpatients with schizophrenia using mental health services in Korea.

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