Samsung Seoul Hospital and Korea Life Respect Hope Foundation Collaborate for Free Use of 'Suicide Risk Assessment Tool'

Developed by Professor Jeon Hong-jin's Team... Expected to Provide Suicide High-Risk Group Screening and Prevention Services

Professor Jeon Hong-jin, Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Seoul Hospital (left), Hwang Tae-yeon, Chairman of the Korea Life Respect Hope Foundation.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] Samsung Seoul Hospital and the Korea Life Respect Hope Foundation announced on the 9th that they have signed a business agreement to utilize the 'Suicide High-Risk Group Screening Tool and Suicide Risk Assessment Tool' developed by Samsung Seoul Hospital.

According to this agreement, the tools developed by Samsung Seoul Hospital will be provided free of charge for use by the Korea Life Respect Hope Foundation, nationwide metropolitan and basic suicide prevention centers, mental health welfare centers (offline), and the Next Generation Social Security Information System (online).

This tool is a Korean-style suicide prevention screening and assessment tool that can effectively screen high-risk suicide groups and accurately assess suicide risk. It was developed as part of the Ministry of Health and Welfare's mental health problem-solving research project to reduce the national suicide rate. The development of the tool was led by Professor Jeon Hong-jin's research team from the Department of Psychiatry at Samsung Seoul Hospital.

Park Seung-woo, director of Samsung Seoul Hospital, said, "Suicide inevitably leaves irreversible wounds for both the individuals and their bereaved families, so prevention is the top priority," adding, "Through this agreement, I hope that the tool developed by Samsung Seoul Hospital will serve as an opportunity to support the mental health of the public in advance and help them regain their daily lives."

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