AASRA

AASRA
Founded	13 September 1998 (1998-09-13)
Registration no.	E 2047 (registered as a Public Charity under the Bombay Charity Act, 1960)
Focus	Mental health, telephone counselling
Location	Mumbai, India
Origins	Befrienders Worldwide; Samaritans
Key people	Johnson Thomas (Director)^[1]
Website	www.aasra.info

AASRA (stylized as: आसRa) is a Mumbai-based mental health not-for-profit organization known for operating a 24-hour helpline for individuals who are suicidal and emotionally distressed.^[2]^[3] The service is an offshoot of Befrienders Worldwide and the Samaritans, with the India chapter established in 1960.

References

^ Fernandez, Fiona (12 January 2010). "How to be a shiny, happy person". Mid-Day. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ "CBSE Board exams: Helplines open till April 16". India Today. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Beat back the New Year-eve blues - Times of India". Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links

Official website

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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