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Chungbuk Provincial Mental Health and Welfare Center Holds Open Seminar to Promote Understanding of LGBTQ+ Mental Health
The Chungbuk Provincial Mental Health and Welfare Center held a seminar to promote understanding of LGBTQ+ mental health.
On the 10th, the Center held its “2025 Open Mental Health Seminar” in the fifth-floor education room under the theme “How Should We View Diverse Gender Identities?”
The seminar began with a lecture by Kuylhee Kim, Director of the Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital LGBTQ+ Center, on “The Current State of Healthcare for LGBTQ+ People in Korea,” addressing the medical and social environment.
Next, Holic, Director of the Korean Sexual-Minority Culture and Rights Center, spoke on “Understanding Diverse Sexual Orientations,” sharing the actual experiences of LGBTQ+ people, the process of questioning gender identity, and the reality of social prejudice.
In addition, Director Heeseong So of the Department of Psychiatry at Salim Clinic, Salim Health and Welfare Social Cooperative, spoke on “Viewing LGBTQ+ People from the Perspective of Psychiatry,” explaining LGBTQ+ health, changes in psychiatric diagnostic criteria, and LGBTQ+-affirming care.
The Director of the Chungbuk Provincial Mental Health and Welfare Center said, “We will continue a range of educational and collaborative activities so that a safer and more inclusive mental-health environment can be created in the local community.”
The Chungbuk Provincial Mental Health and Welfare Center held a seminar to promote understanding of LGBTQ+ mental health.
On the 10th, the Center held its “2025 Open Mental Health Seminar” in the fifth-floor education room under the theme “How Should We View Diverse Gender Identities?”
The seminar began with a lecture by Kuylhee Kim, Director of the Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital LGBTQ+ Center, on “The Current State of Healthcare for LGBTQ+ People in Korea,” addressing the medical and social environment.
Next, Holic, Director of the Korean Sexual-Minority Culture and Rights Center, spoke on “Understanding Diverse Sexual Orientations,” sharing the actual experiences of LGBTQ+ people, the process of questioning gender identity, and the reality of social prejudice.
In addition, Director Heeseong So of the Department of Psychiatry at Salim Clinic, Salim Health and Welfare Social Cooperative, spoke on “Viewing LGBTQ+ People from the Perspective of Psychiatry,” explaining LGBTQ+ health, changes in psychiatric diagnostic criteria, and LGBTQ+-affirming care.
The Director of the Chungbuk Provincial Mental Health and Welfare Center said, “We will continue a range of educational and collaborative activities so that a safer and more inclusive mental-health environment can be created in the local community.”
