FromTheArchives: Stigmatization toward mental illnesses still remain on some level within the Korean society, causing people to miss out on the critical golden hour for treatment. | asianewsnetwork
The figures indicate that growing number of young people in Korea are suffering from mental illness, with increasingly fatal results. Suicide was the No. 1 cause of death among people under 30 in 2021, according to the Statistics Korea.
The data showed a rapid increase among younger Koreans. Depression rose 127.1 percent increase among 20-somethings, 90.2 percent for teens, and 67.3 percent for 30-somethings, while the number treated for panic disorder increased 86.7 percent increase for those in their 20s and 78.5 percent among teens.
Park Jee-eun, professor of psychology at Seoul National University Hospital, recently announced the results of her research on why people avoid help for mental illness, through analysis of 6 million social media messages shared from 2016 to 2019. ounds for their concern. In August, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea recommended two local insurance companies to allow those being treated for depression to purchase their insurance programs. One company said the person can enter a screening process a year after one had been off medication, while the other company flat-out refused.
“Experts should approach the public and make efforts to spread the relevant information, from the public’s point of view,” she said. “There is no reason at all for any mystery to exist about psychotherapy.”
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