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Background: Suicide attempters are those people who survive an attempt to commit suicide. There are no intervention models that address issues in suicide attempters in the population. Aim of the study: This study was done to develop a theoretical model for intervention for suicide attempters with psychiatric disorders. Materials and methods: The research work was conducted in the Department of Psychiatry, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute in the year 2018. The study was done in two phases; the first phase consisted of a literature study to develop a four-factor model that included; Intent, Lethality, Life Stressors and Psychiatric disorders. The second phase consisted of validation of the model through a case-control study; Standardised tools were used namely: Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview Plus (Mini Plus) Scale for Suicidal Ideation, Risk Rescue Rating Scale, Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale and a Structured Questionnaire for Socio-demographic Characteristics. Results: There was a high statistical difference between the cases and control in suicidal intent. The results showed the high lethality of the suicide attempts made by patients with Axis -1 disorder and have significant life event stressors both as total mean score and number of events (p<0.005). Using the Chi-square test, the cases had more life stresses compared to controls. There was significant variation between groups using ANOVA. Conclusion: Any model of intervention for suicide attempters with Axis 1 disorders must definitely address life stresses. The direction of the relation between Axis 1 disorders and life stresses must be M. Thenral, Arunkumar Annamalai. A study on development of theoretical intervention model for suicide attempters with psychiatric disorders. IAIM, 2019; 6(9): 13-20. Page 14 identified and addressed systematically. An intervention strategy based on the data obtained in the study can be designed, implemented and evaluated for its effectiveness.