Health and Social Welfare Review

Abstract

This study explored the meaning of recovery and the conditions for maintaining long-term recovery among individuals with drug addiction within the context of Korea’s policy shift from punishment-oriented approaches toward treatment and rehabilitation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven individuals who had maintained abstinence for more than five years without cross-addiction, and the data were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) thematic analysis within a generic qualitative research framework. The findings showed that long-term recovery maintenance was shaped through the interaction of multiple recovery resources, including meaning systems, self-regulation, and relational support. Participants sustained recovery by reconstructing their identities and everyday lives through community participation and daily practices. However, social stigma, punishment-oriented systems, and limited treatment and rehabilitation infrastructures functioned as structural barriers to sustained recovery. The findings suggest that long-term recovery maintenance should be understood within the interaction of individual, relational, and social conditions, and highlight the need to strengthen support for the maintenance stage and to establish long-term recovery-oriented systems of care.

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본 연구는 국내 마약류 정책이 처벌 중심에서 치료·재활 중심으로 전환되는 흐름 속에서, 마약류 중독자의 장기 회복 유지 경험을 통해 회복의 의미와 유지 조건을 탐색하였다. 교차중독 없이 단약 5년 이상을 유지한 회복자 7명을 대상으로 일반적 질적 연구 방법론에 따라 반구조화된 인터뷰를 실시하고, Braun과 Clarke(2006)의 주제분석 절차를 적용하였다. 분석 결과, 장기 회복 유지는 의미체계, 자기조절, 관계적 지지 등 다양한 회복 자원이 상호작용하는 과정 속에서 형성되는 것으로 나타났다. 참여자들은 공동체 참여와 일상적 실천을 통해 삶의 방식과 정체성을 재구성하며 회복을 유지하고 있었으나, 사회적 낙인, 처벌 중심 제도, 제한된 치료·재활 인프라는 회복 유지의 구조적 제약 요인으로 작용하였다. 본 연구는 장기 회복 유지를 개인·관계·사회적 조건의 상호작용 속에서 이해할 필요성을 제시하며, 유지단계 지원 강화와 장기적 회복지원체계 구축의 필요성을 시사한다.

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본 연구는 정신장애인의 회복의 구성개념을 밝히고, 유형화한 후, 각 유형의 특성을 분석하는 것을 목적으로 하여 진행하였다. Q방법론을 활용하여 분석하였으며, Q모집단은 심층면접, 문헌조사를 통해 285개의 표본을 도출한 후, 최종 35개의 Q진술문을 확정하였다. P표본은 정신장애인, 가족, 전문가를 포함한 30명이며, 강제 정상분포방식에 따라 P표본에게 Q진술문을 척도상에 분류하게 하였다. 수집된 자료는 QUANL PC프로그램을 통해 분석하였다. 정신장애인의 회복에 대한 구성개념 유형은 4개의 유형으로 분류되었다. 각 유형별 강한 긍정과 강한 부정을 보이는 항목, 다른 유형과 차이가 두드러지는 항목, 면접조사 내용을 분석하여, 제 1유형은 ‘사회적 관계형-세상 속으로 나아가는 삶’, 제 2유형은 ‘정상 추구-잃어버린 건강을 되찾은 삶’, 제 3유형은 ‘자기만족형-자족하는 편안한 삶’, 제 4유형은 ‘자기관리형-자기 앞가림을 하는 삶’으로 명명하였다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 정신장애인을 위한 임상현장에서, 정신보건 전문가의 양성과정에서 사정과 교육과 훈련을 위한 기초자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.;The aim of study is identifying the construct of recovery among mentally disabled people and analyzing the trait of each types in it. This research was used Q methodology. The 5 consensus items and 4 factors were identified while the investigation of the recovery factors. The contents of the whole consensus items were keeping their composure that enjoyed their life and considered the troubles of other people accepting the mental disorder as parts of their life and standing the pain based on rapports and cooperation with the experts. So those keywords of the consensus items were ‘collaboration with others’ and ‘peace in mind’. Four factors drawn from this analysis are as the following: The first factor named as ‘Social relationship’, the second factor named as ‘Enhancement of normality’, the third factor named as ‘Self- satisfaction’, the Final factor named as ‘Voluntary self- management’. Based on the findings, we suggested the policies and practical plans.

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This paper reviews diverse goals of RTW and develops a concept named ‘Decent Return-To-Work (RTW)’. The ‘decent RTW’, inspired by the ‘decent work’, involves workers’ rights to being RTW, fair opportunities for decent work and career development, workers’ rights in workplace, and employee’s recovery of injury and of socio-economic status. To investigate the ‘decent RTW’, a research model begins with a relationship among individual, segmented labor market, and public services supporting RTW. The PSWCI (Panel Study of Worker’s Compensation Insurance) data is analyzed with 1,217 individuals who has completed their medical treatment for work-related injury or illness in Korea. The research model is designed to capture variables in both pre- and post- injury (or after RTW) dimensions by using the 1st-3rd waves data. Findings indicate that labor market factors from pre-injury have a significant influence on the quality of employment after RTW. It is also discovered that divisions among workers encouraged by a segmented labor market are remained firmly even after their RTW. Fortunately, although those RTW programs are associated with the labor market segmentation, they may help overcome barriers to RTW encountered by injured workers.