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Last edit made: 4/10/2022
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Who is SPIF?
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Founded in September 2017, Suicide Prevention India Foundation (SPIF), is a Section-8 not-for-profit, that was incubated at IIM-Bangalore. SPIF believes that suicide is the most preventable form of death and that suicidal behavior is understandable as a universal psychological, biological, social, spiritual and cultural phenomenon.

At the core of SPIF’s approach to suicide prevention is a WHO-recommended suicide prevention strategy called the Gatekeeper training. For which, it has a tie-up with QPR Institute, the world leader in suicide prevention training.
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This directory contains 8 sheets: (1) Helplines, (2) Online/Chat-based Counselling Services, (3) Grief/Bereavement Counsellors, (4) Private Mental Health Professionals (eg: therapists, psychiatrists, etc.), (5) Private Mental Health Service Providers (eg: hospitals, clinics, etc), (6) Government Hospitals with a Psychiatry Department, (7) Group Therapy Providers, (8) Queer friendly MHPs.

For easier browsing,
1. Visit the sheet that has the information you're seeking
2. Hit CTRL+F (command+F for Macbook users)
3. Type in the specific service (eg: trauma informed, queer affirmative, behaviour therapy, etc.) OR type of mental health professional (eg: therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.) OR the specific location that you're searching for to obtain a result quicker

You can also visit our Instagram and click on our "COVID Resources" highlight for information about free/low cost mental health services, services specifically for frontline workers/healthcare/MHPs and support groups being organsied. This is updated regularly.
There's also the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist list of counsellors providing their services for free during COVID.

This directory is extensive but not exhaustive. Contact us if there's any more information you think should be available within this directory. Please email us at info@spif.in if any information in this directory is out-dated.
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