মূল বিষয়

• Suicide prevention frameworks in India often rely on generalized, westernized, or urban-centric models that fail to address the specific socio-cultural realities of Adivasi (indigenous) communities.
• Adivasi communities face unique systemic challenges, including loss of traditional livelihoods, cultural alienation, displacement, and socioeconomic marginalization, which elevate mental health distress.
• Conventional clinical interventions frequently ignore traditional healing systems, community support networks, and indigenous worldviews, resulting in low uptake of mental health services.
• There is an urgent need to decentralize mental health policies, shifting from a biomedical-only approach to culturally grounded, community-led suicide prevention models.