Abstract

Currently, in South Korea a desirable mental health service system plan for local community have been under discussion. In particular, opinions are divided over effective mental health treatment methods and accessibility enhancement. The purpose of this review is suggesting improvement plan and discovering problem of local community mental health service system in South Korea by comparing case reviews of U.S. and South Korea. In this review, the researcher examined each the therapy method, service delivery system and how mental health service is applied in insurance policy in both countries. At the end of the review, the researcher emphasized the suggestion of the review and need of further investigation for it.