Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative review

This review describes a psychological support service designed to address post-traumatic stress disorder in workers impacted by workplace injuries, assisting in their recovery and facilitating their return to work. It explores the rationale and context behind establishing trauma counseling centers f...

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Main Authors: Chang Sook Kim, Jeong-Ok Kong, Jung-Wan Koo
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Language:English
Published: Ewha Womans University College of Medicine 2025-01-01
Series:The Ewha Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.e-emj.org/upload/pdf/emj-48-1-11.pdf
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description This review describes a psychological support service designed to address post-traumatic stress disorder in workers impacted by workplace injuries, assisting in their recovery and facilitating their return to work. It explores the rationale and context behind establishing trauma counseling centers for these individuals, along with the status, roles, future directions, and recommendations for these centers. The review details the operational framework and functions of the workplace injury trauma management program, the scope of the impacts of such injury, the groups targeted for crisis intervention, and the psychological interventions tailored to each stage of recovery. Initiated as a pilot project in 2018, trauma counseling centers for workers have gradually become more common, with 23 centers in operation across Korea as of 2024.
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spelling doaj-art-ca86fd965bf24bed99053bcc71801dfb2025-08-21T04:41:08ZengEwha Womans University College of MedicineThe Ewha Medical Journal2234-25912025-01-0148110.12771/emj.2025.e121584Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative reviewChang Sook Kim0Jeong-Ok Kong1Jung-Wan Koo2Eastern Gyeonggi Trauma Counseling Center for Workers, Seongnam, KoreaWorkers Health Center in East Gyeonggi, Seongnam, KoreaWorkers Health Center in East Gyeonggi, Seongnam, KoreaThis review describes a psychological support service designed to address post-traumatic stress disorder in workers impacted by workplace injuries, assisting in their recovery and facilitating their return to work. It explores the rationale and context behind establishing trauma counseling centers for these individuals, along with the status, roles, future directions, and recommendations for these centers. The review details the operational framework and functions of the workplace injury trauma management program, the scope of the impacts of such injury, the groups targeted for crisis intervention, and the psychological interventions tailored to each stage of recovery. Initiated as a pilot project in 2018, trauma counseling centers for workers have gradually become more common, with 23 centers in operation across Korea as of 2024.http://www.e-emj.org/upload/pdf/emj-48-1-11.pdfcrisis interventioncounselingpost-traumatic stress disorderspsychosocial interventionworkplace
spellingShingle Chang Sook Kim
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Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative review
The Ewha Medical Journal
crisis intervention
counseling
post-traumatic stress disorders
psychosocial intervention
workplace
title Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative review
title_full Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative review
title_fullStr Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative review
title_full_unstemmed Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative review
title_short Trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in Korea: a narrative review
title_sort trauma counseling centers for psychological support to manage trauma from workplace injuries in korea a narrative review
topic crisis intervention
counseling
post-traumatic stress disorders
psychosocial intervention
workplace
url http://www.e-emj.org/upload/pdf/emj-48-1-11.pdf
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