Hamyang-gun Promotes Integrated Mental Health Improvement Project... Visits and Meetings at Police Stations and Fire Stations

Held a Meeting for Rapid Intervention of High-Risk Mental Illness Groups in the Community by the Mental Health Welfare Center

Integrated Mental Health Promotion Project Stakeholders Meeting and Promotion
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Mental Health Welfare Center at the Hamyang-gun Public Health Center in Gyeongnam announced on the 30th that it held meetings with seven local police stations (including Hamyang-eup Police Station and six others) and the fire station to establish an emergency crisis intervention support system for mental illness, reduce the local suicide rate, and promote the integrated mental health promotion project.

During the meetings, the director of Hamyang-gun Public Health Center and those in charge of healthy living visited each institution to discuss psychiatric emergency situations, types of psychiatric hospitalization, emergency crisis intervention support, and the integrated mental health promotion project focusing on intensive management during the high-risk suicide period (March to May) with police and fire officials.

Psychiatric emergency situations refer to cases where mental illness manifests or worsens in an acute phase, threatening the safety and health of the patient or others. In cases of involuntary emergency hospitalization or administrative hospitalization, discussions were held regarding cooperation among the police, fire department, and Mental Health Welfare Center.

Additionally, spring (March to May) is a period when suicide rates increase, and due to the prolonged spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), there are concerns about the mental health of local residents. Therefore, efforts will be made together to intensively manage high-risk suicide groups.

Park Mi-hye, director of the county public health center, stated, “In the event of a psychiatric emergency crisis, we will work closely with related agencies to intervene promptly so that the subject can actively receive treatment and local residents can feel secure.” She also expressed gratitude to the police and fire officials who attended the meeting.

Meanwhile, the Hamyang-gun Mental Health Welfare Center is operating psychological support and general consultations with invited psychiatric specialists for local residents experiencing increased depression due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Through the newly launched ‘Integrated Mental Health Promotion Project,’ they plan to provide customized mental health promotion services tailored to each life cycle stage.

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