suicideprevention

The Indian Express

Sep 9, 2022

Acknowledging submerged mental health trauma: Understanding the predicament of Indian housewives

Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar and Dr Sukriti Chauhan write "Women are expected to be primary caregivers in most social settings but the same...

The Indian Express

Sep 6, 2022

Omnipresent but de-prioritised: Understanding the many faces of mental health and suicide in India

The medicalised nature of suicide tends to override its sociocultural embeddedness, and this is why the community’s vital ability to...

Business Wire

Aug 9, 2022

A Roundtable Discussion on Approaches to Suicide Prevention in India Held in New Delhi

Esteemed Parliamentarians and Domain Experts discuss a pathway for a national suicide prevention policy and building a positive...

The Indian Express

Apr 1, 2022

Mental Health in India: Need for a National Suicide Prevention Strategy that Targets the Youth

Despite being entirely preventable, India has been increasingly losing individuals to suicide. The severity of the crisis worsened by the...

Economic Times

Jan 30, 2022

The world spends upto18% of its GDP on mental health, India spends only 0.05%: Dr Lakshmi Vijaykumar

Watch Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Founder, SNEHA in her interview with ET Healthworld

Economic Times

Jan 12, 2022

India has the highest suicide rate in the world: Dr. Dalbir Singh

Dr Dalbir Singh, President, Policymaker’s Forum for Mental Health talks to Mr Shahid Akhter, Editor, Economic Times about mental health...

Economic Times

Jan 7, 2022

A commitment to addressing the challenge of suicide and mental health in India

India has one of the highest burdens of mental health disorders with 56 million cases of depression, 38 million cases of anxiety...

Business Wire

Dec 9, 2021

Roundtable Discussion on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention: By Policymakers Forum for Mental Health

The Lancet Psychiatry, ETI and SNEHA organised A roundtable for discussion on mental health and suicide prevention in India. The...