Busan City Holds '2023 Suicide Prevention Day Commemorative Promotion Campaign'

Promotion of the Connection Passage between City Hall and Urban Railway from 7th to 10th

Suicide Prevention Practice Message ... '13,352+1393=0'

Busan City will hold a “Suicide Prevention Day (September 10) Commemorative Publicity Campaign” from the 7th to September 10th at City Hall and the City Hall Station connecting passage of the urban railway.

2023 Suicide Prevention Day Promotional Poster.

Suicide Prevention Day is a legally designated memorial day under the “Act on Suicide Prevention and the Culture of Respect for Life,” commemorated every year on September 10th since 2011 to raise awareness of the preciousness of life and the seriousness of suicide issues.

This event is organized to awaken the dangers of suicide and actively foster a culture of respect for life through suicide prevention and mental health information exhibitions targeting citizens and Busan city officials.

The main contents of the campaign include ▲ Introduction to Suicide Prevention Day and Suicide Prevention Centers ▲ “Are you okay?” campaign conversation methods (asking questions, listening, finding solutions, connecting) ▲ Mental health by life cycle ▲ Myths and truths about mental health and psychiatric treatment ▲ Information on mental health-related institutions, aiming to provide citizens with information for mental health management and promote awareness improvement.

This year’s suicide prevention action message is “13,352+1393=0.” It conveys the seriousness of Korea’s suicide problem (13,352 suicide deaths in 2021) while simultaneously providing direct suicide prevention guidelines by sharing the suicide prevention counseling phone number (1393).

Anyone experiencing mental health difficulties can receive 24-hour expert counseling through the suicide prevention counseling hotline and mental health counseling phone lines.

Lee Sora, Director of the Citizen Health Bureau, stated, “Showing interest in those around you can be the starting point of suicide prevention,” and added, “I hope this campaign will serve as an opportunity for all citizens to reflect on their own health and carefully look after those around them.”

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