Lifeline Foundation

Lifeline Foundation
Founded	1996 (1996)
Location	Kolkata, India
Area served	Kolkata; Nationwide
Method	Telephone counseling, E-mail counseling
Key people	Suksham Singh (Director)^[1] Sunit Kaur (Deputy Director)^[2]
Volunteers	38
Website	www.lifelinekolkata.org

Lifeline Foundation is an NGO based in Kolkata, India. It provides telephone counselling to mentally distressed individuals. It was founded in 1996 and has been noted for its efforts by the international media.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Services offered

Lifeline Foundation operates a telephone helpline to provide counselling to suicidal or other emotionally distressed individuals. The helpline is manned by volunteers and receives 20-25 calls a day. It also engages in raising awareness about mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, exam-stress and other issues in and around Kolkata by hosting seminars and workshops.^[3]^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Metro | Dial 'D' in distress". Telegraphindia.com. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | 7days | Look, Ma, I am dead!". Telegraphindia.com. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
1 2 Our Correspondent (2008-03-10). "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Jharkhand | More hands to help pupils". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
↑ "Suicides Rise Across India | Inter Press Service". Ipsnews.net. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
↑ "Rebelion. Suicidios aumentan en India". Rebelion.org. 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
↑ ""India is zelfmoordland van de wereld" | MO*" (in (Dutch)). Mo.be. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro". Telegraphindia.com. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
↑ "Archive News". The Hindu. Retrieved 2016-12-01.

External links

Official Website

Mental Healthcare in India

Psychiatric hospitals and Other In-Patient Units	National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, New Delhi Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi State Mental Health Institute, Uttarakhand IHBAS, New Delhi Antara, Kolkata PGIMER, Chandigarh Yerwada Mental Hospital, Pune Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Karnataka Mon, Kolkata Lumbini Park Mental Hospital, Kolkata Calcutta Pavlov Hospital, Kolkata Berhampore Mental Hospital, Kolkata Purulia Mental Hospital, Kolkata Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata Mental Hospital, Varanasi Mental Hospital, Indore

Mental Health Organisations	Center for Advocacy in Mental Health (funded by Bapu Trust) AASRA Lifeline Foundation Vandrevala Foundation Manas Mon Foundation The Banyan Anjali ARDSI SCARF, India

Mental Health Professional Associations	Indian Association for Social Psychiatry Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) Indian Association of Private Psychiatry (IAPP) Indian Association of Clinical Psychology (IACP) Indian Academy of Applied Psychology National Academy Of Psychology, India Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Mental Health Journals	Indian Journal of Psychiatry (IJP), Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (IJPM) Mens Sana Monographs Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (JIACAM)

Key People	Bhargavi Davar (Bapu Trust) Aniruddh Kala (Founder of IAPP) Shekhar Sheshadri (Professor) Ajai Singh (Psychiatrist, Writer) Alok Sarin (Psychiatrist, Activist) Indira Sharma (Former President, IPS) Jai Ranjan Ram (Consultant Psychiatrist) T S S Rao (Editor, IJP) Nimesh Desai (Professor) Achal Bhagat (Psychiatrist, Activist)

Controversy & Criticism	Ervadi Tragedy Political abuse of psychiatry in India Covert medication

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