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About N‑SPRITE

The NIMHANS Suicide Prevention Research, Implementation Training and Engagement Centre — strengthening suicide prevention in India through evidence, capacity building, and systems-level action.

SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE

With early identification, compassionate care, and intersectoral collaboration, lives can be saved.

What Drives Us

Our mission and vision.

Mission

Our Mission

To transform isolated initiatives of suicide prevention into a collaborative framework for enhanced efficiency and reach.

Vision

Our Vision

A society where every individual has access to mental health support — and no life is lost to suicide.
Our Approach

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Evidence-informed.
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Systems- driven.
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Context-responsive.

N-SPRITE's work is guided by India's National Suicide Prevention Strategy (2020), which aims to reduce suicide mortality by 10% by 2030 through a multi-sectoral approach.
Our approach is also aligned with WHO's LIVE LIFE Framework for suicide prevention.
Our Framework
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Suicide · Prevention · Research · Implementation · Training · Engagement

The N-SPRITE Framework

01·Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention

Our core area of work in suicide prevention across diverse settings healthcare, schools, workplaces, and communities.

02·Research

Research

Contributions to research on epidemiology, intervention, and implementation research on suicide and mental health.

03·Implementation

Implementation

Scaling evidence into practice — hospital care, workplaces, communities, and climate & health.

04·Training

Training

Capacity-building for clinicians, mental health practitioners, social workers, educators, and community members.

05·Engagement

Engagement

Awareness, advocacy, policy partnerships, and public conversations that change culture.

Four Pillars

What We Do

Pillar 01

Surveillance and Outreach

Enabling early identification, monitoring, and help-seeking.
Pillar 02

Intervention and Follow-up

Delivering brief psychosocial care and structured follow-up to ensure continuity and reduce recurrence.
Pillar 03

Crisis Support

Providing timely response, risk management, and pathways to urgent care.
Pillar 04

Capacity Building & Systems Strengthening

Building capacity across healthcare, workplaces, and communities.
Impact Areas

Where our work makes a difference.

Impact 01

Hospital Care

Integrating suicide prevention into hospital systems — emergency departments, brief intervention, consistent follow-up for five years.
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Impact 02

Workplace

Mental health trainings, awareness sessions, well-being programs, and on-site mental health clinics for suicide prevention in the workplace.
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Impact 03

Community

Community-led prevention — gatekeeper trainings, awareness campaigns in schools and colleges, lethal means restriction, responsible reporting in media.
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Impact 04

Climate Change

Addressing impact of environmental stressors and climate change on mental health and suicidality.
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Our Journey

Milestones along the way.

September 2024

N-SPRITE Launched

Established the centre with USHAS, YASHAS, SAMASTH, EMPOWER, PROMOTE and SAMASTH under its umbrella
May 2025

Suicide Gatekeeper Training

First virtual Suicide Gatekeeper Training conducted
February 2026

PROMOTE expanded

PROMOTE teams set up in Mysore, Karnataka and Nalagargh, Himachal Pradesh
March 2026

Best Impactful Programme under Sustainability Award

EMPOWER awarded the Best Impactful Programme under Sustainability by Tata Group Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited
March 2026

USHAS App Launch

USHAS Mobile App for data management launched