Where shamans trump therapists, suicides soar
By Mark Mcdonald | The New York Times | Updated: 2011-07-17 08:41
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Jin-seng Park, a psychiatrist in Seoul, says new patients can be shocked at having to pay for talk therapy. Woohae Cho for the international herald tribune |
SEOUL - It can sometimes feel as if South Korea, overworked, overstressed and ever anxious, is on the verge of a national nervous breakdown, with a rising divorce rate, students who feel suffocated by academic pressures, a suicide rate among the highest in the world and a macho corporate culture that still encourages blackout drinking sessions after work.
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