Seoul City Operates 'Mind Healing Intensive Week'... Comprehensive Psychological Support for Daily Recovery

Seoul Suicide Prevention Center to Host 5-Day Live Mind Healing Broadcast on YouTube from 23rd to 27th
Depression Tests, Counseling, and Checkups Available at Nearby Clinics... 'Saengmyeong Eum Cheongjinggi', 'Mind Health Checkup'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 22nd that it will operate a 'Mind Healing Intensive Week' from the 23rd to the 27th to help citizens recover their daily lives. It will strengthen psychological support services by promoting mind healing live broadcasts, psychological counseling at local clinics, and a visiting ‘Mind Safety Bus’.

During this week, the Seoul Suicide Prevention Center will operate a ‘Mind Healing Live Broadcast for Overcoming Long COVID Aftereffects’ in real-time on its YouTube channel from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. from the 23rd to the 27th. Any citizen can participate online.

If you want to take a depression test or receive counseling and checkups, you can get a 'Mind Health Checkup' at 225 psychiatric clinics in Seoul, with counseling fees supported up to 80,000 KRW. Additionally, free depression tests are available at 268 participating clinics including internal medicine and orthopedics under the Saengmyeong Eum Cheongjinggi program. You can check the participating medical institutions on Seoul’s mental health integrated platform ‘Blue Touch’.

You can also use the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s visiting ‘Mind Safety Bus’ psychological support service. The Mind Safety Bus will visit Eunpyeong Comprehensive Home Care Center (77 Jinheung-ro, Eunpyeong-gu) on the 24th and Seoul Seongsim Hospital (259 Wangsang-ro, Dongdaemun-gu) on the 26th, operating from noon to 4 p.m. Users can comfortably board the bus and receive mental care using stress measurement devices or VR (virtual reality) healing equipment, and if necessary, undergo psychological tests and one-on-one mental health counseling.

Park Yumi, Director of the Seoul Citizen Health Bureau, said, “We hope citizens will relieve their tired minds and receive comfort and empathy through this Mind Healing Intensive Week.” She added, “Seoul will continue to expand counseling medical institutions and visiting psychological support services so that anyone can easily receive professional counseling whenever they feel mentally distressed.”

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