Strengthening suicide prevention systems through evidence, collaboration, and care.
suicide deaths annually in India
India's share of global suicide deaths
of suicides affect ages 18–45
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Theme: Suicide Prevention: A Multi-sectoral Approach for Sustainable Solutions
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With early identification, compassionate care, and intersectoral collaboration, lives can be saved.
N‑SPRITE — the NIMHANS Suicide Prevention Research, Implementation and Training Engagement Centre — was established to strengthen suicide prevention efforts in India through evidence, capacity building, and systems-level action.
Early identification, monitoring, and help-seeking.
Brief psychosocial care and sustained continuity.
Timely response and pathways to urgent care.
Strengthening healthcare, workplaces, communities.
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Following its implementation across 32 panchayats in Channapatna, the project will now be expanded to all five taluks of Ramnagara district.
From policy to practice, research to industry — the partners funding, hosting, and implementing N‑SPRITE's work.
Partners
Where N‑SPRITE lives
N‑SPRITE operates from within NIMHANS, drawing on its clinical infrastructure, research faculty, and decades of public-health leadership to deliver suicide-prevention programmes at scale across India.
State and national public-health partners shaping implementation.
National Health Mission, Government of Karnataka
International collaborators and funders backing the mission.
Industry partners funding workplace mental-health programmes.
Civil-society partners working alongside us in communities.
Every life matters. Partner with N-SPRITE to advance suicide prevention through research, training, and community engagement.
