Suicide Prevention, Pharmacists in Gyeongnam Province Take Action

Pharmacists with High Resident Accessibility Serve as Lifesavers for Provincial Residents through Medication Guidance and Health Counseling

Suicide Prevention Poster.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] The Gyeongnam Provincial Mental Health Welfare Center and the Gyeongnam Pharmaceutical Association signed a business agreement on the 21st to promote the Life Love Pharmacy project aimed at reducing suicide rates and fostering a culture of respect for life.

The Life Love Pharmacy project is a program that utilizes pharmacists' medication guidance and health consultations, which have good accessibility to local residents and facilitate smooth communication with the community, to carry out suicide prevention activities.

According to this agreement, pharmacists in the province will guide individuals identified as high-risk for suicide to the mental health welfare centers of each city and county after self-assessment of mental health, and for those who consent to suicide prevention counseling, activities will be conducted in connection with the mental health welfare centers.

Additionally, life guardian education will be provided to members of the Pharmaceutical Association to enable pharmacists to perform pharmacological interventions such as managing suicide-risk medications and their usage.

A provincial official stated, "With the help of pharmacists who directly provide health consultations to residents, we expect a significant role not only in reducing the suicide rate in the province but also in improving awareness of respect for life."

Meanwhile, any resident of Gyeongnam can receive mental health and suicide prevention counseling through 24-hour mental health counseling hotlines and suicide prevention counseling hotlines available at the city and county mental health welfare centers.

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