Eckert, Carter JoelYum, Jennifer2014-06-062014-06-062014Yum, Jennifer. 2014. In Sickness and in Health: Americans and Psychiatry in Korea, 1950-1962. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11531http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274543This dissertation begins with a simple set of questions: how and why did the Western discipline of psychiatry gain traction in the Republic of Korea? My answers point to the Korean War and the US-ROK alliance as the two most important factors enabling this phenomenon.en-USAsian historyHistory of scienceAmerican historyAmerican PsychiatryKorean PsychiatryKorean WarMilitary PsychiatryUS-Korean RelationsThesis or Dissertation