South Korea

Access & coverage

NHI single payer + private hospitals

NHI single payer; high OOP coinsurance on some services

Treatment

• Crisis lines; psychiatric emergency; follow-up after self-harm
• Trauma systems and emergency response
• Rehab after injury; mental-health crisis care
• Overdose reversal (naloxone) + addiction treatment pathways

Prevention

• Means restriction; school/workplace mental-health access
• Road safety laws, product safety, firearm / means restriction where used
• Fall-proofing homes; workplace safety inspectors
• Suicide means restriction + crisis lines

Lifestyle

• Seatbelts / helmets; sober driving
• Safe storage of medications and weapons
• Substance-use risk reduction

What stands out here

Country emphasis: Highest peer suicide rates — intensive prevention focus