Lifeline Foundation

Lifeline Foundation
Founded	1996
Location	Kolkata, India;
Region served	Nationwide
Method	Telephone counseling, E-mail counseling
Key people	Suksham Singh (Director);
Website	www.lifelinefoundation.in

Founded1996

Location

Region served

Nationwide

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]

v t e Mental health and healthcare in India
Psychiatric hospitals and other in-patient units	Antara Bangur Institute of Neurosciences Central Institute of Psychiatry Ranchi Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research State Mental Health Institute Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuro and Allied Sciences Yerwada Mental Hospital
Non-governmental organizations	AASRA The Alternative Story The Banyan Lifeline Foundation The Live Love Laugh Foundation Schizophrenia Research Foundation Vandrevala Foundation
Mental health professional associations	Indian Psychiatric Society Indian Association of Private Psychiatry Indian Association of Clinical Psychology National Academy of Psychology
Mental health journals	Indian Journal of Psychiatry Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Mens Sana Monographs
Key people	H. Narayan Murthy Radhika Chandiramani Bhargavi Davar Vikram Patel Anirudh Kala Alok Sarin Indira Sharma Shekhar Seshadri Girindrasekhar Bose M. Sarada Menon
Controversy & criticism	Erwadi fire incident Political abuse of psychiatry in India

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Founded	1996 (1996)
Location	Kolkata, India
Region served	Nationwide
Method	Telephone counseling, E-mail counseling
Key people	Suksham Singh (Director)^[1]^[2]
Website	www.lifelinefoundation.in