Highlights

Postgraduate Diploma in International Mental Health, Law, Policy & Rights-based Services

Applications for our 16th batch (2025 – 2026) are now open!

Last date to apply: 31 August 2025

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Outlive

Outlive is a youth suicide prevention programme which addresses urban youth suicides in India by engaging young people…

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Public Archive

An initiative to make data & information on mental health related laws, policies and programmes in India accessible.

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Budget For Mental Health – Analysis of Union Budget 2025–2026

The fifth in the series, this brief analyses the budgetary allocations for mental health…

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Projects

Our work is spread across Law & Policy Reform, Suicide Prevention, Community-based Mental Health, Health Systems Strengthening, Peer Support, Youth Mental Health and Training & Education.

Atmiyata Project – A Community-Based Mental Health Initiative

A community-led evidence-based intervention to improve access to mental health and social care in communities.

STRIDE

An action research project to strengthen suicide prevention efforts in Odisha by collaborating with law enforcement agencies.

Suicide Prevention & Implementation Research Initiative (SPIRIT)

An integrated and evidence-based suicide prevention intervention being implemented & evaluated at scale in rural communities.

Keshav Desiraju India Mental Health Observatory (Keshav Desiraju IMHO)

An open-access repository of data and information on mental health laws, policies and services to promote evidence-based policy making.

Outlive: Youth mental health and suicide prevention

A suicide prevention program for engaging and enabling young people to address urban youth suicides in India.

Contact And Safety Planning for suicide prevention in Chhattisgarh (CASP)

A pilot study testing the integration of a suicide prevention intervention (Contact and Safety Planning) into the health system in two districts in Chhattisgarh

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Courses

Specialised courses created from our evidence-backed research programs focused on mental health, human rights, and public policy. A human rights-based approach, our courses aim to build capacity in areas such as suicide prevention, mental health law, community-based care, and policy advocacy.

Postgraduate Diploma in International Mental Health, Law, Policy & Rights-based Services

The Diploma draws its fundamentals from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and provides guidance on its implications in relation to mental health legislation, policy, services, and practice.

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The Atmiyata Course: Providing Evidence-based Mental Health Support

Based on the Atmiyata intervention, this course uses evidence-based counselling techniques to provide skills to identify, reach out and support persons in distress

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Gatekeeper Training Course for Suicide PreventionLearn more

The Gatekeeper Training Course for Suicide Prevention is based on WHO’s mhGAP (Mental Health Gap Action Programme) Intervention Guide for Self-harm/ Suicide and adapted specifically for community gatekeepers.

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