SUICIDE PREVENTION
Suicide Prevention & Risk Management
Suicide prevention is a critical aspect of mental health care, focusing on identifying warning signs, providing emotional support, and ensuring individuals receive the necessary intervention to stay safe. It involves assessing risk factors, offering crisis intervention strategies, and helping individuals build coping mechanisms to manage distressing thoughts and emotions.
However, we do not provide direct crisis intervention or emergency suicide prevention services due to ethical and legal considerations outlined in the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
Why We Do Not Handle Suicide Crisis Cases Directly:
- Immediate Medical Attention is Required – Suicide risk often necessitates urgent intervention, hospitalization, or medical supervision, which can only be provided by crisis response teams, emergency services, or psychiatric facilities.
- Legal & Ethical Boundaries – As per the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (India), individuals experiencing high suicide risk require structured, in-person assessments and interventions by designated mental health professionals or institutions, which teletherapy or non-crisis therapy services cannot ethically or legally provide.
- Safety & Crisis Management Protocols – High-risk individuals may require 24/7 monitoring, inpatient care, or emergency psychiatric intervention, which falls outside the scope of outpatient therapy services.
Where to Seek Immediate Help:
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or is in crisis, please reach out to emergency services, helplines, or crisis intervention centers that can provide immediate, life-saving support.
📞 Helplines for Immediate Support:
- Vandrevala Foundation Helpline: 1860 266 2345
- iCall (TISS): +91 9152987821
- Snehi: +91 9582208181
- Sumaitri (Delhi-based): +91 11 23389090
- AASRA (Mumbai-based): +91 9820466726
Crisis Intervention Centres & Psychiatric Hospitals in Bangalore:
- NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) – Emergency Psychiatric Services
📍 Hosur Road, Bangalore | ☎ 080 2699 5000 - Spandana Nursing Home & Psychiatric Hospital – 24/7 crisis intervention & inpatient care
📍 Rajajinagar, Bangalore | ☎ 080 2332 4643 - Cadabams Hospital – Suicide prevention and crisis support
📍 JP Nagar, Bangalore | ☎ +91 97414 76476 - Sukoon Health – Bangalore – Emergency psychiatric care & inpatient services
📍 Whitefield, Bangalore | ☎ +91 9999677332
Our Role in Suicide Prevention
Our therapy services focus on long-term emotional resilience, coping strategies, and mental health management, but in crisis situations, it is crucial to seek immediate help from crisis centers, psychiatric hospitals, or helplines equipped to provide emergency care and intervention.
If you or a loved one is struggling, please don’t hesitate to seek help—you are not alone, and support is available.