Moon Dong-eun, the main character of the Netflix drama “The Glory,” is actually around us. Seven out of 10 students who had mental health problems due to school violence experience aftereffects even after they become adults.

The Korean Academy of School Mental Health said Friday that it conducted a survey on 65 psychiatrists from Feb. 13-29 about their experiences and opinions regarding school violence, and 78.5 percent replied they had experience treating school violence victims.

Among respondents, 90.2 percent said they had treated victims thinking of revenge against perpetrators, with 47.1 percent setting up concrete schemes.

Victims of school hazing complain about various symptoms, including depression, anxiety, interpersonal avoidance, school rejection, and self-harm, according to the opinion poll. In addition, most psychiatrists replied that there is an association between school violence damage and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Besides, 44.6 percent of psychiatrists said school violence damage is related to “somatization disorder.” It refers to symptoms where the stomach or head becomes painful and stuffy due to the inability to express mental pain properly.

Moreover, these aftereffects were hard to treat. Symptoms, such as insomnia and depression, can improve, but distrust or betrayal of people is difficult to heal.

Specialists said there were no patients whose symptoms improved immediately just because school violence was stopped. Instead, some 31.4 percent of mental health specialists were treating patients with persistent aftereffects for years, and 62.7 percent said the aftereffects of school violence victims persist even through adulthood.

Nearly eight in 10 psychiatrists replied that the problem of school violence in Korea is "serious."

To prevent school violence, 33.7 percent stressed the need to “promote a stable school environment,” followed by “supportive parenting at home” (27.7 percent), “education to prevent school violence” (15.4 percent), and “strengthen teachers’ roles and discretion” (12.3 percent).

“School violence is an act of tremendous trauma to the victim. If victims of school violence are not properly treated, they can vividly experience the pain of that time by stimulation even after a long time passes,” the society said. “It is necessary to establish a support system so that mental health specialists can intervene in academic fields."

The Korean Academy of School Mental Health Medicine is a medical organization of doctors specializing in mental health problems in schools.