Seeking Solutions for Mental Health Crisis Response... Jinju City Holds Agency Heads Meeting

Meeting of Agency Heads Held to Restructure Collaboration System
Building an Organic Response System Through On-Site Discussions

Jinju City in South Gyeongsang Province held the "2026 Mental Health Crisis Response Agency Heads Meeting" in the situation room at city hall on April 14.

This meeting was organized to respond more effectively to the recent increase in mental health crises and to strengthen the community’s safety net.

On this day, heads of major related agencies, including the police station, fire station, Office of Education Support, and Jinju Psychiatric Hospital, attended the meeting. They shared updates on the current state of mental health crisis response and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation systems.

Jinju City, On-site Photos of the 2026 Mental Health Crisis Response Related Agency Heads Meeting

Participants exchanged a wide range of on-site perspectives and agreed on the need for swift and organic inter-agency collaboration in the event of a crisis. They also reviewed the roles of each agency and broadly discussed difficulties experienced in the field as well as areas for improvement.

Park Ildong, Deputy Mayor of Jinju City, stated, “Responding to mental health crises is difficult for any single agency to solve alone, so close cooperation among related organizations is more important than anything else. We will continue our efforts to ensure that these discussions lead to a practical cooperation system that works in the field.”

Jinju City plans to use this meeting as an opportunity to expand regular consultations and information sharing, further solidify the inter-agency cooperation system, and enhance the speed and efficiency of mental health crisis response in order to promote citizen safety and mental health.

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