Na Jong-ho

Na Jongho is a South Korean psychiatrist and faculty member at the Yale School of Medicine. After completing his studies in psychology and medicine in South Korea, he pursued psychiatric residency training in the United States, including at the Mayo Clinic and New York University. He later completed a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at Yale University, where he now serves as assistant professor of psychiatry.^[3]

His academic focus includes suicide prevention, trauma, and addiction. Na has received multiple awards from organizations such as the National Institute of Mental Health and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. He has authored over 90 scholarly publications, covering topics such as PTSD, suicide-related risk factors, firearm safety, and geriatric psychiatry.^[4]

Na emphasizes structural and public health approaches to mental illness, particularly in the context of South Korea's high suicide rate. He has argued for expanded access to psychiatric emergency services and a national response to South Korea's ongoing suicide crisis.^[5][6][7][8]