Outlive Youth Suicide Prevention Program

Outlive: Youth Suicide Prevention Program Suicide is the leading cause of death among young people aged 15-29 in India. Suicide is a result of different factors which affect a young person's well-being. While there is no one cause of youth suicides, there are many ways to prevent it.

Outlive is a youth suicide prevention program led by the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, Indian Law Society (CMHLP, ILS) and was developed in collaboration with Sangath and Quicksand Design Studio. Outlive addresses urban youth suicides in India by engaging youth (aged 18-24) with experiences of suicide/self-harm, distress or mental health problems.

Our Core Programs resources

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university campaign

Library of articles, guides and

Anonymous chat-based peer

Events and poster campaign to bust

knowledge resources

support for youth in distress or

myths around suicide prevention

having thoughts of suicide

Latest from Outlive

On February 1, 2025, Outlive

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Outlive was presented at the

On March 27, 2025, Outlive

hosted interactive workshops

Rethinking Mental Health

National Conference on

facilitated an interactive

with AMSA (Applied

Care conference organized on

Suicide Prevention organised

session at ADYPU, fostering

Mechanics scholars

27th February 2025.

by Anjali, a mental health

engagement, reflection, and

Association) and MITR

Discussing tech and

rights organisation, on 3rd

peer-driven support among

(Mental health and

safeguarding in peer support,

and 4th February 2025, at

university students.

intervention resource), where

Outlive's work sparked

Vivanta Kolkata.

50+ students engaged in

important conversations at

discussions on mental health,

the global forum.

distress, boundaries, and peer support.

On March 29, 2025, Outlive

Outlive was featured at the

set up an engaging resource

7th IAYMH Conference

booth at FLAME University's

(March 18-21, 2025,

National Conference of

Vancouver), co-facilitating

Psychology, featuring myth-

discussions on adapting

busting posters on suicide,

global youth mental health

self-care tools, and QR-

policies and presenting the

accessible stickers linking to

YASP Fellowship on youth-led

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suicide prevention.

talking about suicide is the first step to preventing suicide A collection of real stories of youth in India, collected as short films and text interviews.

On the outside I was successful, but I was struggling with suicidal thoughts Sanya, 28 MENTAL HEALTH SELF-LOVE THERAPY

DEPRESSION

SOCIAL SUPPORT

More Stories from Our Community

Living with Self-Harm: Adrija's Journey of Survival Adrija, 29 MENTAL HEALTH

DEPRESSION

SELF-HARM

Suicide felt like my escape from a bad situation, but therapy saved me Meghna, 32 MENTAL HEALTH

TRAUMA

SOCIAL SUPPORT

THERAPY

MEDICATION DEPRESSION

TOXIC WORKPLACE

Our Interventions youth advocacy

peer support

public engagement

Outlive's Youth Action for Suicide

Outlive is training a network of

Outlive shares personal stories by

Prevention Fellowship empowers

youth volunteers to provide chat-

youth, creates multimedia

young people to drive systemic

based emotional peer support to

resources, and conducts youth-

change by engaging policy makers

youth who are in distress or having

focused public events, awareness

on youth suicide prevention in their

thoughts of ending their lives.

workshops and social media

communities.

campaigns to build dialogue on suicide prevention and break stigma.

Testimonials The peer supporter was very

She helped me out; she is a good

The volunteering brought a sense

supportive and reassured me

one who supported me when I

of purpose and despite the

exactly how I wanted to be

was feeling lonely. Now I am

limited people I could help

reassured.

feeling good because of that peer,

through the platform, I know the

thanks to this platform!

learnings will remain for life. I try

Outlive chat support seeker

Outlive chat Support seeker

to utilize them in my everyday conversations and focus on my own well-being through self-care.

Outlive peer supporter (volunteering feedback)

More Voices from Our Community For me it was an eye-opener about

The workshops were engaging, and

This program helped me to look past

how mental health is connected to

the team was very open. I got to

the preconceived notions and

suicide.

learn alot from the other mentors

misinformation regarding suicide

and the collaborative process really

prevention and gain an evidence-

added to the learning. The

based understanding of the

workshops provided structure and a

struggles and factors affecting

lot of clarity for the project and the

suicide especially in young adults.

expectations and now I am eager to

The facilitators were very

take this forward.

knowledgeable and created a safe

Outlive YASP Fellow

Outlive peer supporter (training feedback)

space for the supporters to ask questions and resolve doubts. The in-depth approach really helped me imbibe the training given and use it effectively

Outlive peer supporter (training feedback)

I learnt how to be more empathetic and also got a real

Made me very independent and direct - confident - we

picture of how events can affect individuals. It's hard to

were able to highlight the points that we wanted

accept when one hasn't experienced similar events, but

implemented. YASP gave us this empowerment to do it as

the impact can be detrimental, and in those times it's

youth - empowered us to speak in front of these

important to reach out to a safe space. Outlive does that.

policymakers.

Outlive peer supporter (volunteering feedback)

Outlive YASP Fellow

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