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Small Mercies
by Barbara Mccauley

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Memories of a shared childhood and family life alternate with short contemplations on the actual facts of a sister's suicide at age thirty. A meticulous and compassionate description of an American life, one small observable truth at a time without...
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Suicide Intervention in the Schools (Guilford School Practitioner Series)
by Scott Poland

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A comprehensive, school-based crisis intervention program can do a great deal to prevent teenage suicide, and to help the school community survive if a tragedy cannot be averted. In this important book, Scott Poland, who has written and lectured...
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Suicide in America, 2nd Ed
by Herbert Hendin

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Herbert Hendin's authoritative book addresses the often overlooked psychosocial aspects of suicide--for example, the dramatic increase in suicide among children and adolescents in the United States, due almost solely to the wider availability of guns. He...
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Uncultural Behavior: An Anthropological Investigation of Suicide in the Southern Philippines
by Charles J. H. Macdonald

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Until recently the people of Kulbi-Kenipaqan lived on the fringes of the modern world following traditional customs and beliefs, practicing shifting agriculture, and leading an outwardly peaceful existence in a remote corner of Palawan island. Yet this...
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Small Mercies
by Barbara Mccauley

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Memories of a shared childhood and family life alternate with short contemplations on the actual facts of a sister's suicide at age thirty. A meticulous and compassionate description of an American life, one small observable truth at a time without...
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Suicide & Clinical Practice
by Douglas Jacobs

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A slim book comprising ten contributions that clearly and compactly summarize the issues. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Personal Persistence, Identity Development, and Suicide: A Study of Native and Non-Native North American Adolescents
by Michael J. Chandler

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This "Monograph" demonstrates that disruptions to young people's developing conceptions of personal or cultural persistence begin to explain the suicide rates among Aboriginal Canadian and non-Aboriginal Canadian youth. Presents a developmental and...
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Alcoholism: A Review of Its Characteristics, Etiology, Treatments, and Controversies
by Thomas E. Joiner

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Alcoholism: A Review of Its Characteristics, Etiology, Treatment, and Controversies provides an accurate picture of the current state of research and treatment effectiveness in the field of alcoholism. Using compelling evidence, Irving Maltzman describes...
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Suicidology
by Antoon A Leenaars

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This book is a representation of the current state of our understanding of suicide and the practice of suicide prevention. Part I outlines suicidology's history and development. It consists of four chapters: an outline of the evolution of contemporary...
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Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk: Guidelines for Clinically Based Risk Management
by Robert I., Simon

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This book offers: - A solid, easy-to-understand review of how medical malpractice law applies to patient suicides. He discusses the standards of care physicians must meet, the conditions associated with malpractice liability, and how best to minimize...
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Choosing Death: Suicide and Calvinism in Early Modern Geneva (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies)
by Jeffrey R. Watt

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Taking the Republic of Geneva as a case study, Watt (history, U. of Mississippi) argues that the early modern era marked a decisive change in the history of suicide. During the 16th and early 17th centuries, he finds, suicide was conventionally...
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Culture and Self-harm
by Dinesh Bhugra

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Attempted suicide is a matter of serious public health concern. i Culture and Self-Harm /i considers the factors that may contribute to the increased rate of self-harm and suicide among south Asians in London, which cannot be blamed on migration alone...
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Risk Management with Suicidal Patients
by Bruce Bongar

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The loss of a patient to suicide is the most feared outcome in mental health care, signaling a calamitous, irrevocable failure in treatment. Clinicians working with patients at high risk of harming themselves are well acquainted with the pressures of...
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Suicide and the Inner Voice: Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Case Management
by Robert W. Firestone

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Dr. Firestone provides the reader with this understanding first by building his book around the sound theoretical framework and psychotherapeutic methodology he and his colleagues painstakingly developed. The theoretical framework offers a unique...
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A Process Approach to Suicide Prevention Behind Bars: A Working Guide for Program Directors and Practitioners
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A Process Approach to Suicide Prevention Behind Bars: A Working Guide for Program Directors and Practitioners
by Ronald L. Bonner Psy D.



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Voices of Strength: Sons and Daughters of Suicide Speak Out
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Voices of Strength: Sons and Daughters of Suicide Speak Out
by Mia Roldan



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They Don't Want to Die: A Journey Into Suicide
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They Don't Want to Die: A Journey Into Suicide
by D. Dexter Titus



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Making Sense of Suicide: An In-Depth Look at Why People Kill Themselves
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Making Sense of Suicide: An In-Depth Look at Why People Kill Themselves
by David Lester



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An Empty Chair: Living in the Wake of a Sibling's Suicide
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An Empty Chair: Living in the Wake of a Sibling's Suicide
by Sara Swan Miller



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Must We Suffer Our Way to Death?: Cultural and Theological Perspectives on Death by Choice
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Must We Suffer Our Way to Death?: Cultural and Theological Perspectives on Death by Choice
by Ronald P. Hamel



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