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News Desk
Footst
the phone. One button is for the direct
The LED lights on the Mapo Bridge
that 60 percent of the people who tried
hotline of 119, and the other connects
began from the idea that people who
to commit suicide turned out to have
you to suicide counseling service. This
attempt to suicide might be actually
mooddisorderssuchasbipolardisorder,
phone was designed by Life Insurance
just in need of little communication. It
depression, and manic psychosis. In
PhilanthropyFoundation,whichsupports
was planned and put into practice by
addition,aboutsevenpercentofmenwho
people in need through donations and
the Seoul Metropolitan Government
had previously experienced depressions
public fund raisers. Several comments
and Samsung Life Insurance. They
were led to commit suicide. This could
on LED lights lead people to the phone,
hoped that the lights could offer people
alsomeanthatmentaldisordersresulting
withmessageslike“donotbedepressed,
with a sense of comfort and warmth by
from stressful social relationships could
there are people who can listen to your
installing electric voices that chats and
leadtodepression.
problems. Try just one phone call and
tellsjokes.Theybelievedcommunication
Alloverthecity,moreandmorepeople
youwillgetbetter.”Ifsomeonecallsthe
could be effective for people suffering
arefacingunavoidablestressonthedaily
counseling service, an expert counselor
fromdepression.
basis. People look for the places where
answersthecallandlistenstothecaller’s
ThecityofSeoulbustleswithtensand
they can kick back and relax. Amid
storiesandgiveshimadvices.Duringthe
thousands of different lives. Everyone
social pressures and loneliness plaguing
first nine days since the phone had been
has their own stories and agonies. But
the city, the Mapo Bridge has become
installed, roughly 60 calls were made
mostofthemsharecommonneeds;they
a kind of symbol that encourages more
to the counseling service and the callers
need communication. Communications
communication between people. Take
actually received real help. The bridge
canbeusefulincuringmentaldisorders.
a walk along this special bridge with
is no longer a place where people come
In fact, there is a therapy that uses
your loved ones. Try stirring up small
to end their lives, but to find second
communication as the main tool of
conversations with those around you
chances.
treatment. According to a research, the
every day, at your work or school. The
number of people in their 20s suffering
Mapo Bridge could help you learn the
from depression is on the increase, but
keytoreachingintotheheartsofothers.
Communication,thehealingcode
mostofthemdonottakeitseriously.The
fordepression
Seoul Suicide Prevention Center says
jhgom23@hufs.ac.kr
APRIL 2013
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