Institute of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine

Introduction

The Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine is a group of investigators affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine and dedicated to diverse research efforts in understanding the relationship between the human behavior and disease.

Labs

  • Aging and Geriatric Mental Health Lab
  • C2A (Computational Cogntiive Approach to Human Addictive Behaviors) Lab
  • Child & Adolescent Behavioral Development Lab
  • Clinical Psychopharmacology Lab
  • Brain-Based Social Cognition lab
  • Section of Self, Affect & Neuroscience
  • Laboratory for Psychiatric Genetics and Psychoneuroendoimmunology
  • Yonsei Autism Laboratory
  • Lab for Alzheimers Molecular Psychiatry & Translational Cognitive Neuroscience

Contact Us

Institute of Behavioral and Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College Of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-Ro, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea

About IBSM

The Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine is a research institute at Yonsei University College of Medicine established in 2000. It's organization is based on the cooperative network between the psychiatric departments of Severance Hospital, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Severance Mental Health Hospital and the National Health Insurance Cooperation Ilsan Hospital. The goal of the IBSM is to attain knowledge about patterns of normal human behavior. to understand the etiology and characteristics of pathological behavior and to investigate the relationship between normal behavior and disease.

Investigators of the IBSM explore the biological, psychological and socio-cultural aspects of human behavior in order to extend our current understanding of the human behavior which constitutes the basis of medicine, Investigations on how normal behavior in individuals form and how certain behavior and disorder develops, the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural etiology of pathological behaviors, and the mechanism, characteristics, progress and prognosis of pathological behaviors are pursued in the IBSM. Through understanding the relationship between normal human behavior and pathological states, investigators of the IBSM seek to find ways to improve treatment and the quality of life of patients.

Research areas in the IBSM include the genetics and evolution of behavior, brain and behavior, substance use and behavior, psychodynamic understanding of behavior, and cultural anthropology using diverse study methodologies such as brain imaging,, genetics,, cohort, pharmacology. The IBSM also provides education through academic exchange and collaborative relationship with students, residents, psychiatric social workers, psychiatric nurses, and clinical psychologists. For a complete achievement of research and educational goals, the IBSM encourages exchanges and collaborative works with foreign research institutions and interdisciplinary researches.

Administration

Administration Table, Director, Associate Director, Manager (secretary),Advisor,Operations,Planning,Education,Public Relations,External Collaboration,Auditor,Administrative Committee informational
Director Kim, Se Joo Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Associate Director Cheon, Keun A Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Manager (secretary) Kim, Eosu Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Yonsei University College of Medicine
Advisor Song, Dong ho Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Namkoong, Kee Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Kim, Chan-Hyung Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Kim, Jae-Jin Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Operations Lee, Eun Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Planning Seok, Jeong-Ho Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Education Jung, Young-Chul Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Public Relations Kang, Jee In Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
External Collaboration Kim, Eosu Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Auditor Song, Jung Eun Department of Psychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation
Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Administrative Committee Chairman Kim, Se Joo Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Members Cho, Hyun Sang Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Cheon, Keun A Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Jung, Young-Chul Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Lee, Eun Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Seok, Jeong-Ho Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Kim, Eosu Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Kang, Jee In Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Park Jin Young Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Faculty&Staff

Faculty Members and Research Interests

Dong Ho Song

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Child and adolescent psychiatry (attention deficit and learning disorder, Tic disorder, mood disorder)
    • Developmental neurology (autism, developmental disorder, delayed language acquisition)
Kee Namkoong

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Alcohol and substance dependence
    • Psychopharmacology
    • Psychiatric epidemiology
Woo Taek Jeon

Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Socio-cultural PsychiatryUnification, North Korea, North Korean Defector Refugee, Torture, Social
    • Adaptation Depression, Medical Education, Mental Health New Religious Movement
Chan-Hyung Kim

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Schizophrenia
    • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
    • Psychopharmacology
    • Suicide and violence
Jae-Jin Kim

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Cognitive and affective neuroscience research using brain imaging
    • Diagnosis and pathophysiology of schizophrenia
    • Development of virtual reality-based training techniques for enhancing social functioning
Hyun Sang Cho

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Cognitive-Emotional Science of Mood disorder
    • Psychopharmacology of Psychotic Disorder
Yee Jin Shin

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Developmental disorder Attachment development
    • Attachment disorder
    • Developmental neuroscience
    • Infant psychiatry
    • Emotional and social development of children
Suk Kyoon An

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Ultra-high risk for psychosis
    • Schizophrenia spectrum disorder
    • Self experience disturbance
    • Social cognition
Se Joo Kim

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Genetic characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder
    • Treatment of refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder
    • Psychopharmacology of anxiety disorder
    • Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
    • Treatment application according to genetic characteristics of depression
Keun A Cheon

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
    • Autism spectrum disorder and developmental disorder
    • Child and adolescent psychiatry (depression and mania)
Jeong-Ho Seok

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Depressive disorder
    • Psychosocial treatment
    • Neuroimaging
Young-Chul Jung

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Alcohol-related disorders (alcohol dependence and abuse)
Eun Lee

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Emotion research using brain imaging
    • The effect of sleep on mind and body
Jee In Kang

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Interactions between mind and body
    • Effect of genetic characteristics on human behavior and mental disease
    • Mindfulness
Eosu Kim

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Translational Cognitive Neuroscience of Dementia
    • Behavioural Phenotyping of Dementia Models
    • Molecular Psychiatry of Dementia
Kyung Ran Kim

Clinical Associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Psycho-oncology
Jin Young Park

Associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Neuromodulation
    • Delirium
    • Clinical trial with telecommunication
    • Mental health promotion system
Eun Joo Kim

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • ADHD, Neurodevelopmental disorder, mood disorder, learning disorder
    • Resilience promoting program: GRIT
    • Virtual reality –based psychosocial treatment program for children and adolescents
    • fNIRS-based biomarker for ADHD
Hae-Jeong Park

Professor, Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

  • Interests:
    • Integration of multimodal neuroimaging
    • Statistical quantification of diffusion tensor image and functional neuroimages such as PET/fMRI.
    • Medical image processing, registration and segmentation
    • Biomedical signal/image processing and medical instrumentation
Young Hoon Ryu

Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Interests:
    • Receptor/Transporter Imaging, Brain
    • Perfusion SPECT, Brain
    • Positron Emission Tomography
    • Molecular Nuclear Imaging
Hye Won Kim

Research Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Woo Jung Kim

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine . Yongin Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Joo Young Oh

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Yongin Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Deok Jong Lee

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Yongin Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

San Lee

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine Yongin Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Kyung Mee Jung

Research Professor, Institute of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Guest Researchers

Byung Ook Lee

Department of Neuropsychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Jungeun Song

Department of Neuropsychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Jung Suk Lee

Department of Neuropsychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Jae Sub Park

Department of Neuropsychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Sun Young Park

Department of Neuropsychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Song Yi An

Department of Neuropsychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

So Young Yang

Department of Neuropsychiatry, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Minji Bang

Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

Soo Young Lee

Department of Psychiatry, Cheil General Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Hyong Jin Cho

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, California, USA

Il Ho Park

Department of Psychiatry, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Gangneung, Republic of Korea

Jung-Hyun Lee

Yonsei-L Eating Disorder Clinic

Hyung Rae Lee

Korea Mental Health Technology R&D Project6

Seung-Schik Yoo

Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Labs

  • Section Head : Suk Kyoon An, MD, PhD
  • Main Research Areas :
    The Section of Self, Affect & Neuroscience launched the GRAPE (Green Program for Recognition And Prevention of Early Psychosis) project based on the Clinic FORYOU at Severance Hospital since 2007. This project has two research directions. One is to investigate the pathogenetic mechanism of schizophrneia and ultra-high risk for psychosis in terms of the anomalous self-experience, impaired emotional information processing, and sociocognitive deficits. Another research direction is to develop the psychosocial intervention program including cognitive therapy based on the above-mentioned pathogenetic mechanism research in individuals with schizophrenia and ultra-high risk.Recently, the section has conducted the research on the biotyping of psychotic disorders using the cognitive biomarkers: a validation study of cross-sectional and longitudinal follow-up in ultra-high risk, first-episode and chronic individuals.