Seoul National University Hospital's Mind the Rest Center Response...Proving the effectiveness of non-drug treatment for mental health
Jan 12, 2025
Seoul National University Hospital announced that it has been in full operation since the opening of the Mind the Rest Center in 2023 in cooperation with Good Book Credit Accident Co., Ltd.
Mind the Rest Center aims to develop and distribute non-drug treatment services for mental health and focuses on expanding non-drug treatment options that will contribute to solving mental health problems. Through this, Seoul National University Hospital provides patients with customized treatment methods in addition to drug treatment and presents a new paradigm for mental health treatment.
The opening of the Mind the Rest Center is part of the Mind the Rest Integrated Treatment Center donation project that began in 2022, and a total of 3 billion won was invested during the first phase (2022-2024). The second phase of the project (2025-2027) will also be carried out with donations of the same size, and the main goal of this project is to secure diversity in mental health services and to develop and operate evidence-based non-drug treatment programs. Through this, Seoul National University Hospital aims to prove that non-drug treatment is an important way to effectively improve mental health without relying on drugs and to support patients' prevention and recovery at the same time.
Through the first phase of the project, Seoul National University Hospital has developed about 20 non-drug treatment programs to provide customized treatment for various mental health symptoms and diagnostic groups. The programs provided cover various fields such as ▲ lifestyle improvement ▲ drug management ▲ sleep health improvement ▲ anxiety and trauma ▲ body-mind treatment ▲ psychological support for cancer and severe disease ▲ pediatric adolescent mental health ▲ brain health clinic, etc., and focus on mental stability and recovery of patients.
In particular, four lifestyle-related programs (behavioral activation, sleep and physical activity, nutrition and weight control, mindfulness) for patients with mood disorders are provided, and drug use and side effect programs also play an important role. In addition, sleep health promotion programs deal with insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and nightmare disorders, while anxiety and trauma programs provide a way to effectively manage anxiety and stress symptoms through physical and emotional regulation, memory handling, and motivation enhancement. In addition, Seoul National University Hospital is helping to recover mental health through mindfulness cognitive therapy (MBCT), psychological support for cancer and severe patients, cognitive behavioral therapy for healthy Internet and smartphone use, and brain health and dementia risk assessment, and each program is showing great effects with customized treatment for patients.
To date, approximately 400 patients have participated in the program operated by Mind the Rest Center and are reporting positive improvements after treatment. This is an important example that further proves the effectiveness and possibility of non-drug treatment, and such programs will continue to expand in the future.
In the second phase of the project, the diversity of non-drug treatment program modules developed in the first phase will be further expanded, and expert training programs that can provide non-drug treatment services will also be developed. Through this, non-drug treatment can be applied to a wider group of diseases and an innovative treatment model in the field of mental health is planned.
Ahn Yong-min, Director of the Center (Director of Mental Health Medicine), said "Mental health treatment should change in a more comprehensive and accessible way."'Mind the Rest Center' is opening a new chapter in mental health care by providing patients with a variety of treatments and continuing to develop various programs based on non-drug therapy.'
Mind the Rest Center aims to develop and distribute non-drug treatment services for mental health and focuses on expanding non-drug treatment options that will contribute to solving mental health problems. Through this, Seoul National University Hospital provides patients with customized treatment methods in addition to drug treatment and presents a new paradigm for mental health treatment.
The opening of the Mind the Rest Center is part of the Mind the Rest Integrated Treatment Center donation project that began in 2022, and a total of 3 billion won was invested during the first phase (2022-2024). The second phase of the project (2025-2027) will also be carried out with donations of the same size, and the main goal of this project is to secure diversity in mental health services and to develop and operate evidence-based non-drug treatment programs. Through this, Seoul National University Hospital aims to prove that non-drug treatment is an important way to effectively improve mental health without relying on drugs and to support patients' prevention and recovery at the same time.
Through the first phase of the project, Seoul National University Hospital has developed about 20 non-drug treatment programs to provide customized treatment for various mental health symptoms and diagnostic groups. The programs provided cover various fields such as ▲ lifestyle improvement ▲ drug management ▲ sleep health improvement ▲ anxiety and trauma ▲ body-mind treatment ▲ psychological support for cancer and severe disease ▲ pediatric adolescent mental health ▲ brain health clinic, etc., and focus on mental stability and recovery of patients.
In particular, four lifestyle-related programs (behavioral activation, sleep and physical activity, nutrition and weight control, mindfulness) for patients with mood disorders are provided, and drug use and side effect programs also play an important role. In addition, sleep health promotion programs deal with insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and nightmare disorders, while anxiety and trauma programs provide a way to effectively manage anxiety and stress symptoms through physical and emotional regulation, memory handling, and motivation enhancement. In addition, Seoul National University Hospital is helping to recover mental health through mindfulness cognitive therapy (MBCT), psychological support for cancer and severe patients, cognitive behavioral therapy for healthy Internet and smartphone use, and brain health and dementia risk assessment, and each program is showing great effects with customized treatment for patients.
To date, approximately 400 patients have participated in the program operated by Mind the Rest Center and are reporting positive improvements after treatment. This is an important example that further proves the effectiveness and possibility of non-drug treatment, and such programs will continue to expand in the future.
In the second phase of the project, the diversity of non-drug treatment program modules developed in the first phase will be further expanded, and expert training programs that can provide non-drug treatment services will also be developed. Through this, non-drug treatment can be applied to a wider group of diseases and an innovative treatment model in the field of mental health is planned.
Ahn Yong-min, Director of the Center (Director of Mental Health Medicine), said "Mental health treatment should change in a more comprehensive and accessible way."'Mind the Rest Center' is opening a new chapter in mental health care by providing patients with a variety of treatments and continuing to develop various programs based on non-drug therapy.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
