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History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life by Jill Bialosky Publisher Comments “It is so nice to be happy. It always gives me a good feeling to see other people happy…It is so easy to achieve.” —Kim’s journal entry, May 3, 1988 On the night of April 15, 1990, Jill Bialosky’s twenty-one-year... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper 
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The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge by John Bateson Publisher Comments The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most beautiful and most photographed structures in the world. It's also the most deadly. Since it opened in 1937, more than 1,500 people have died jumping off the bridge, making it the top suicide site on earth. It's... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts by Tonia K. Shamoo Publisher Comments No five-year-old child would try to kill himself, right?Contrary to popular belief, young children do get seriously depressed, and many try to kill themselves. Each day more than one thousand teenagers try to kill themselves, and every ninety minutes one... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Trade Paper
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Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas Joiner Publisher Comments In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer; How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly; Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by... (read more) List Price $18.50 Your price: $16.42 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Sucide for the Dying by Derek Humphry Publisher Comments The phenomenal "New York Times" bestseller that has the world talking--a practical guide for the terminally ill to dying with dignity through assisted suicide. Finally available in paperback, this considerate book is for mature adults who are considering... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Savage God: A Study of Suicide by A Alvarez Publisher Comments "Suicide," writes the notes English poet and critic A. Alvarez, "has permeated Western culture like a dye that cannot be washed out." Although the aims of this compelling, compassionate work are broadly cultural and literary, the narrative is rooted in... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Child and Adolescent Suicidal Behavior: School-Based Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention (Guilford School Practitioner) by David N. Miller Synopsis Meeting a crucial need, this book distills the best current knowledge on child and adolescent suicide prevention into comprehensive guidelines for school-based practitioners. The author draws on extensive research and clinical experience to provide best-... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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Assessment and Prediction of Suicide by Ronald W. Maris Synopsis Suicide, currently the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, represents an enormous challenge to health care professionals. Bridging the gap between clinical work and scientific research, this book provides help for those who are at risk... (read more) Your price: $115.95 New - Hardcover
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From Autothanasia to Suicide by Anton J. L. van Hooff Publisher Comments Using almost a thousand case studies, both real and fictional, Dr van Hooff provides us with a unique and engaging insight into self-killing in the Graeco-Roman world. The author analyses the methods and motives which lie behind self-killing relating... (read more) List Price $140.00 Your price: $134.75 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Subtle Suicide: Our Silent Epidemic of Ambivalence about Living by Michael A. Church Publisher Comments This volume offers a description and analysis of subtle suicide--a psychological condition whose victims don't care if they live or die, and thus act in self-defeating, self-damaging ways.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $35.46 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Understanding Your Suicide Grief Journal: Exploring the Ten Essential Touchstones by Alan D. Wolfelt Publisher Comments With ample space to unburden the heart and the soul, this companion workbook helps grievers explore the 10 essential touchstones for finding hope and healing. The exercises throughout the journal recall the content of the book and ask corresponding... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $10.61 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Out of Options by Kate Sofronoff Publisher Comments Considering not only suicidal and risk-taking behavior, this work also covers related disorders such as depression, conduct problems, and substance abuse that often precede suicide and risk-taking. The material, presented in a structured way, allows the... (read more) List Price $83.00 Your price: $79.89 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Suicide: Foucault, History and Truth by Ian Marsh Publisher Comments In an original and provocative study of suicide, Ian Marsh examines the historical and cultural forces that have influenced contemporary thought, practices and policy in relation to this serious public health problem. Drawing on the work of French... (read more) Your price: $41.50 New - Trade Paper
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I'm in the Tub, Gone by Richard James Carlson Publisher Comments We now live in a time of comfort, convenience and opportunity such as mankind has never known. With all the great things we are provided, we also get many side effects that some thrive on and others do not welcome. Some of these are expectations, added... (read more) Your price: $23.75 New - Trade Paper
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A Psychotherapist's Dark Journey Into the Suicidal Mind: A Relationship Approach to Understanding and Healing by Ronald L. Bonner Psy D. Publisher Comments This work approaches the mind of the suicidal person from the perspective of a person on a dark journey that involves the suicide life story, stress and problems of living, dark ideas, dark emotions, dark physiology, hopelessness, and psychache. The work... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Survivors of Suicide Revised Edition by Rita Robinson Publisher Comments A helping guide for those family and friends left behind when a loved one commits suicide. This newly revised edition goes into more detail about teen suicide and the help that is available. It also dispels the myths surrounding suicide.... (read more) Your price: $13.50 New - Trade Paper
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Suicide Prohibition: The Shame of Medicine by Thomas Stephen Szasz Book News Annotation Thomas Szasz (emeritus, psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical U.) is known for his theories on the myth of mental illness and is recognized as the leading critic of the coercive interventions employed by the psychiatric establishment. Here, he argues that... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Psychotherapy with Suicidal People: A Person-centred Approach by Antoon A. Leenaars Publisher Comments Almost a million people die by suicide every year (WHO estimate) The sheer numbers have made suicide prevention a major health target, but effective prevention is not straightforward. Suicide is a complex event, more complex than most of us imagine... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $62.56 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Touched By Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss (06 Edition) by Michael F. Myers Publisher Comments Whether you are struggling with fresh grief at a loved one’s death by suicide or your loss happened years ago, you should know that you are not alone. 5 million Americans are affected—directly or indirectly—by this tragedy each year... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Understanding Your Suicide Grief Support Group Guide: Meeting Plans for Facilitators by Alan D. Wolfelt Publisher Comments For anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound loss, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to their grief. Using the... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $8.83 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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