Recruiting Participants for Emotional and Behavioral Anxiety Youth 'Healing Camp'

National Central Youth Didim Center, Recruiting Participants for Second Half Healing Program Until the 19th

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is recruiting participants for the 'National Central Youth Didim Center 2021 Second Half Healing Program' targeting adolescents struggling with depression, anxiety, school maladjustment, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The healing program will be conducted over 12 weeks from September 27 to December 17. Adolescents will stay at the center and participate in programs that aid social adaptation, including psychological therapy, alternative education, career exploration, and interpersonal skills.

Eligible participants are adolescents aged 9 to 18. Those wishing to participate can apply by the 19th through youth counseling welfare centers, out-of-school youth support centers, as well as elementary, middle, and high schools, and community centers.

A survey conducted on participants who completed the healing program from 2015 to 2019 showed that risk indices such as depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder decreased by an average of 23.9%. Positive indices such as self-satisfaction and self-esteem increased by an average of 13.4%.

The center regularly dispatches 'Family Mentors' to participants' homes to strengthen treatment effects by fostering emotional bonds with family members and advising on family communication methods and parenting attitudes.

For facility-protected youth such as those in youth shelters and group homes, as well as boarding students from vulnerable crisis families who find it difficult to return home on weekends, the center provides care programs allowing them to stay and engage in leisure activities during weekends.

The Didim Center is operated with lottery funds from the Lottery Commission and has supported approximately 7,300 adolescents since its opening in 2012.

Choi Seong-yu, Director of Youth Policy at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, said, "We hope that adolescents struggling with emotional and behavioral problems will overcome these challenges well through the Didim Center healing program and grow up healthily."

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