Would South Korean 'Death Schools' be an effective way to attenuate the U.S. veteran suicide rates?

2015-10-24T00:19:53-04:00

Learn to be dead for the day: Suicidal people are locked into coffins in bizarre 'death experience' schools in South Korea where 40 people kill themselves every day. South Korea has the second highest number of suicides in the world as people suffer from stress and depression. Up to 40 people kill themselves every day in a 'hyper-competitive' society where pressure to achieve is great. In response, bizarre 'death experience' schools have been launched to help depressed people appreciate life.
Pupils are made to sign their own will and are locked in coffins by the 'angel of death' and have mock funerals. They come out 'refreshed' as facing realities of death like saying goodbye to loved ones helps them reflect on life. They are then left alone in the dark inside their coffins for at least 10 minutes, where they take time to contemplate life from an outsider’s perspective. Students wake up afterwards and emerge from their coffins, where, they say, they feel ‘refreshed’ and ‘liberated’ from their troubles.
They are spoken to again by head of the centre Jeong Yong-mun: 'You have seen what death feels like, you are alive, and you must fight!'

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'Death schools' in S. Korea are teaching people not to commit suicide

South Korea has seen the highest rate of suicides in the developed world for the past eight years. In a growing trend, entrepreneurs are holding 'death experience' classes to persuade people to live.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 24 at 2015 1:50 AM

2015-10-24T01:50:33-04:00

Odd thing to do. I'm not sure how well it would work as long as people know it is just an exercise and that their problems will still be there when they get out.

Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Oct 24 at 2015 10:04 AM

2015-10-24T10:04:55-04:00

Not sure how to respond to this other than to say that if they are not getting those that are actually susceptible to suicide, then maybe its a waste? I don't know, just a thought...

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 24 at 2015 11:01 AM

2015-10-24T11:01:48-04:00

It will require empirical data.