Gwangju Seo-gu and Psychological Health Research Institute Join Hands to Promote Mental Health of Public Officials

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Dae-seok) announced on the 10th that it has signed a business agreement for the ‘Mind Care Project’ to restore the mental health and promote the psychological well-being of district office employees with the Institute of Psychological Health Research (Director Kim Seok-woong).

Seo-gu plans to help employees who are struggling not only with work-related stress due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic but also with feelings of depression, anxiety, and social withdrawal by implementing systematic programs through a professional institution to restore their mental health.

Through this agreement, the two organizations will cooperate to conduct mental health assessments and implement customized healing programs for all Seo-gu district office employees.

The main contents include ▲a full survey of self-assessments for all employees ▲analysis of the first assessment and step-by-step condition diagnosis ▲continuous follow-up management and customized healing program implementation.

Seo Dae-seok, Mayor of Seo-gu, said, “Recently, many employees have been struggling mentally due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and increasing job-related stress,” adding, “We will work closely with professional institutions to carefully monitor and heal the minds of our employees so that we can provide better public services to residents.”

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