Gurye-gun Operates Mobile Counseling Center to Support Mental Health of Rental Apartment Residents

Installation and Operation of 'Bogeumjari Mind Care Mobile Counseling Center' in Public Rental Apartments
Two Professionals Assigned for Mental Health Counseling

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The Mental Health Welfare Center of the Health and Medical Center in Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim Soon-ho) announced on the 1st that it will operate a mobile mental health counseling room every month to help residents of rental apartments in the area overcome depression and improve mental health.

To improve accessibility to the new health welfare center, a 'Bogumjari Mind Care Counseling Center' will be installed in the multipurpose room of the rental apartments.

Various activities will be carried out to detect high-risk groups for mental health early and identify suicide risk individuals, including depression screening and stress measurement tests, and providing one-on-one mental health counseling services by art therapists.

Mental illnesses, if the initial treatment period is missed, have a higher risk of recurrence or comorbidities, but due to social prejudice, many miss the appropriate timing.

Through this project, the plan is to discover high-risk groups in the blind spots of mental health, and to establish the necessary evidence for providing mental health support and carrying out mental health projects.

A Health and Medical Center official said, "As COVID-19 prolongs, depression across society is increasing, so we will do our best to recognize the risks in advance and provide mental health services without leaving any residents marginalized."

Meanwhile, the Gurye-gun Mental Health Welfare Center provides services such as identifying and managing high-risk suicide groups, case management for severe mental illness patients, suicide prevention and mental health promotion campaigns, training life keepers, child and adolescent mental health promotion projects, and mental health care for elderly living alone.

If you have difficult concerns to talk about or have family or acquaintances struggling with depression, you can receive 24-hour expert counseling through suicide prevention hotlines, Hope Phone, Life Phone, Youth Phone, and others.