A Speech by Dr. Pratima Murthy, Director, NIMHANS

World Suicide Prevention Day is commemorated on September 10th every year. On the same occasion, here is the Director of NIMHANS, Dr. Pratima Murthy, addressing the need to raise awareness on suicides, reduce the stigma around it so that we are able provide support to those who need help and create hope through our actions. Dr. Pratima emphasized on the theme of this year "Creating hope through action", actions big or small may help someone who is struggling. The steps how one can help others include compassion, sharing their stories in order to instill confidence and the fact that help is available is important. Let's create hope and be the light.