The Jeonbuk National University (JBNU)-affiliated Jeonbuk Alcohol Counseling Center (Director Prof. Yoon Myung-sook) held a commemorative ceremony and workshop on September 14 in the University Museum Auditorium to mark its 10th anniversary since opening.

The workshop was attended by President Seo Geoseok, Song Ha-jin, Mayor of Jeonju, Kim Yong-jin, President of the Korea Alcohol Counseling Center Association, and others, who celebrated the center's 10th anniversary.

Over the past ten years, the Jeonbuk Alcohol Counseling Center has led efforts to promote early detection of alcohol-related problems and establish a healthy drinking culture through continuous counseling services, operation of treatment and rehabilitation programs, alcohol addiction prevention and awareness activities, and research in related fields.

At the workshop, presentations under the theme 'Alcohol and Suicide' drew attention with meaningful examinations of the seriousness of alcohol-related problems that have recently contributed to suicide.

Professor Jeong Young-cheol of the Medical School presented 'Problem Drinking and Practical Suicide Prevention,' followed by Jeon Jun-hee, Director of the Hwaseong City Mental Health Center, who presented on 'Suicide Prevention and Management for Community Problem Drinkers.'

In addition, Yoon Myung-sook, Director of the Alcohol Counseling Center, emphasized the need for suicide prevention related to drinking and for the government to develop countermeasures in a presentation titled 'The National Role and Tasks in Suicide Prevention for Problem Drinkers.'

In his congratulatory remarks, President Seo Geoseok said, "I sincerely congratulate the Jeonbuk-Jeonju Alcohol Counseling Center, which has been operated most substantively nationwide, on reaching its 10th anniversary. I hope that today's workshop on alcohol and suicide will foster understanding of the seriousness of social problems caused by drinking and lead to the presentation of practical measures to prevent alcohol-related suicide."