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Ulsan's Nam-gu has completed the establishment of a Life-Respect Safe Village network aimed at building a community-centered suicide prevention safety net.
The initiative connects various community resources to provide residents with tailored mental health services while fostering a safer mental health environment and reducing suicide risk.
Nam-gu set up the network across five neighborhoods: Sinjeong 1-dong, Daldong, Samsandong, Mugeodong and Daehyeondong.
Participating organizations will collaborate on five fronts: suicide prevention campaigns, education to improve public awareness of life respect, early identification of high-risk individuals, referrals to mental health services, and blocking access to means of suicide.
Lee Seok-jin, director of the Ulsan Nam-gu Mental Health Welfare Center, said the district would work to help residents lead healthy lives through the community suicide prevention safety net built under the initiative.
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