The aim is to investigate how health professionals view/respond towards suicidal patients, what was their attitude, experiences and difficulties/challenges they faced while dealing with suicidal patients (whether successful or unsuccessful), and what measures/methods are optimal or could be used to prevent suicide from the perspective of mental and non mental health professionals through concurrent mixed methods study approach.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health professionals having at least 1 year of experience in dealing with suicide cases irrespective of the outcome will be included.
• Qualification of Health professionals should be at least MBBS with permanent PMDCP registration.
• Health professionals who are willing to participate voluntarily and provide written informed consent will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Health Professionals with prior and present history of psychiatric consultation will be excluded.
• Health Professionals without direct experience in handling suicidal patients will be excluded.
• Nurses and Paramedical staff will be excluded from the study.

Considering the study design (concurrent mixed methods), a sample size of sixteen health professionals from different specialties (n=4, Accident and Emergency, n=4 Medicine, n=4 Surgery, n=4 Mental Health) who are the front line clinicians dealing with suicidal behavior will be recruited for the qualitative study. For the quantitative study, the sample will comprised of ninety (n=100) health professionals from respective departments (n=50, (Non Mental Health Professionals, n=50 Mental Health Professionals). Data will be collected through purposive sampling technique.