SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — One third of people attempting suicide are struggling with alcohol abuse, and 5 percent of them resort to attempting suicide again within a year, a recent study showed. Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital held an online seminar last week to celebrate world suicide prevention day on Sept. 10. Dr. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s suicide death rate dropped steadily for over 2013 to 2017, government data showed Sunday. The data compiled by the health ministry and Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention showed that 22.8 out of 100,000 South Koreans took their own lives in 2017, dropping from 24.4 in 2016. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The impulse to commit suicide is proportional to the risk of a financial crisis faced by an individual for two consecutive years, research showed Tuesday. A research team from the medical college of Korea University conducted an analysis of 14,321 people using 2012 to 2018 Korea Welfare Panel Study [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 50 percent of the people who are hopitalized after attempting suicide have attempted suicide previously, and many of them were drunk when they did so. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey of 22,572 people who were sent to emergency rooms at 66 hospitals across the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SOS Hotline phones installed on Han River bridges have served as a lifeline for those who are contemplating suicide. According to data compiled by the Life Insurance Philanthropy Foundation, the operator of the SOS Hotline, the number of calls for counseling through the hotline totaled 8,615 cases since it [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A transition in the style of media reporting on suicide committed by celebrities leads to a reduction in the suicide rate among non-celebrities, a recent study showed. A research team from Samsung Medical Center conducted a study on the changes in the suicide rate in South Korea between 2005 [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that roughly 4 percent of military service members have had suicidal thoughts. A research team led by Prof. Lee Seung-yup from the Catholic University of Korea Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital and Dr. Yoon Chang-gyo from the World Health Organization analysed the 2014 survey conducted [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one out of three middle and high school students in South Korea mulled suicide over the past year due to academic burden, a survey showed Monday. In a poll of 5,669 middle and high school students conducted by the state-run National Youth Policy Institute from July to October [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will provide consultation and treatment to individuals who have attempted suicide when they are hospitalized in emergency rooms as part of efforts to prevent similar attempts from reoccurring. On Monday, the Ministry of Health and Welfare launched a trial project to promote the emergency room ex-post management [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Elderly individuals who suffer from executive function disorder (EFD), a type of cognitive disorder, are up to seven times more likely to commit suicide than elderly people without EFD, a research showed Monday. A research team from Seoul National University Hospital said it had confirmed this fact after seven [...]