Gimcheon City Focuses on Mental Health

Signed MOU with Gimcheon Employment Welfare Plus Center
Providing Mental Health Counseling and Education

On March 11, the Gimcheon City Mental Health Welfare Center and the Gimcheon Employment Welfare Plus Center signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a collaborative system aimed at promoting the mental health of job seekers and preventing suicide.

This agreement was established to protect the mental health of vulnerable groups facing psychological difficulties due to economic instability, such as unemployment, and to support their psychological stability.

Kimcheon City Mental Health Welfare Center and Kimcheon Employment Welfare Plus Center signed a business agreement to establish a cooperative system for improving the mental health of job seekers and suicide prevention, followed by a commemorative photo / Photo by Lee Ihwan

The main points of the agreement include: linking high-risk individuals for suicide with the Mental Health Welfare Center; providing training support and information sharing to strengthen the capacities of personnel in both organizations in related fields; and operating mental health promotion programs for job seekers and promoting these services.

Under this agreement, the Gimcheon City Mental Health Welfare Center plans to conduct regular mobile counseling sessions and training for participants of the Employment Welfare Plus Center’s programs in order to identify high-risk groups for mental health issues at an early stage and to strengthen the referral system. In addition, staff training will be conducted to improve understanding of the initiative and enhance the quality of services.

Center Director Hwang Hoonjeong stated, "Since economic issues are closely linked to suicide, we will continue to proactively and actively intervene with high-risk groups and strive to provide a variety of mental health services."

Meanwhile, the Gimcheon City Mental Health Welfare Center is undertaking various mental health promotion initiatives, such as counseling and referral for treatment, to prevent and detect mental health issues like depression, stress, and suicide at an early stage, and is continuously strengthening its collaborative network with related organizations in the region.

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