Abstract Background: Although the history of psychiatry has been relatively short, psychiatry has been progressively developed through Westernization to assimilate into the psychiatric practices and research of developed countries. Psychiatry in South Korea has followed the above-described rule. In this review, I am describing the picture of psychiatric practice in South Korea for the readership of the Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry . Methods: In this review, I am planning to introduce a brief history of psychiatry in South Korea first, to describe the current status of mental health-care services, and to highlight special programs to deal with special psychiatric issues in South Korea. Results: A three-layer hierarchical system (including [a] the Ministry of Health and Welfare, [b] the Metropolitan City or Province, as well as [c] the City, County, or District
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