The Menstuff® library lists pertinent books on Suicide. See also Issues. If you are crisis, 1st call 911 while you're looking in the front of your local yellow pages for the number of the local suicide prevention hotline. If you can't get through to either of those, try our Emergency Numbers. Updated 1/4/01.
Elliott, Harold, Ripples of
Suicide: Reasons for Living. "Why?" is the question
most often asked following a suicide, and when the victim is
young, the futility and senselessness of death are felt even more
acutely. The author, America;s well-known suicide chaplain, will
tell you that he can recall the position of the body, facial
expression, whether the eyes were open or closed, location of
wounds and type of clothing worn at any suicide scene, no matter
how many years ago he saw it. But this book deals with the effects
of a suicide on those left behind, and reasons for living, to be
learned from the dead. This book can save lives and comfort
friends and families going through torment. WRS, 1993 ISBN
1-56796-012-X Buy
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Johnson, Toby, Plague: A novel
about healing. For a significant segment of the American
population, the 1980s has been dominated by a health crisis of
proportions rivaling the plagues of old. Politicians, public
officials, medical personnel and health activists have recognized
that education represents the major bulwark against the spread of
the disease. While the lessons about risk reduction are relatively
simple, the public has sometimes seemed resistant to hearing them.
Health educators have suggested that a variety of teaching methods
are called for - from scholarly lectures, slide shows, pamphlets
and made-for-TV movies to street theater, protest demonstrations,
and "safe-sex" pornography and videos. In this work of fiction,
the plot and characters are imaginary. The names of medical
treatements and drugs have frequently been altered. The social
problems created by this disease and the plight of the people with
HIV infection, however, as well as the instructions about risk
reduction and the teachings about attitudinal healing are
accurate. The projections for the resolution of the plague that
haunts us in 1987 are reasonable extrapolations of current medical
fact. This also adds to a growing debate over the value of
extensive medical science versus holistic healing, quality of
life, and the option of choosing death. Alyson Publications, 1987
ISBN 1-55583-125-7 Buy
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Murphy, James, Coping with Teen
Suicide. If you are thinking of taking your own life, think
twice. Once you are dead, you don't get a second change. While you
are alive you always have an opportunity to change how you feel,
but - to state the obvious - if you are dead, you can't change
anything. This book is about you, the stresses you face, and how
you can cope with stress to overcome depressions or thoughts of
suicide. This book will help you evaluate whether or not you are
depressed, on a path to suicide, or at the door of suicide. This
book will also guide you in identifying and solving problems so
you can learn how to lead a fulfilling and happy life. If you have
been depressed or have had suicidal thoughts in the past, now is a
good time to explore some of the things that have contributed to
those thoughts and make a plan to avoid the negative influences on
your life. And, if you think a friend or relative may be suicidal,
this book will provide the information you need to help them solve
problems, change their feelings, seek help if needed, and stay
alive.Rosen Publishing Group, 1999 ISBN 0-8239-2824-1
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Szasz, Thomas Stephen, Fatal
Freedom: The ethics and politics of suicide. This is an
eloquent defense of every individual's right to choose a voluntary
death. The author, a renowned psychiatrist, believes that we can
speak about suicide calmly and rationally, as he does in this
book, and that we can ultimately accept suicide as part of the
human condition. By maintaining statutes that determine that
voluntary death is not legal, our society is forfeiting one of its
basic freedoms and causing the psychiatric/medical establishment
to treat individuals in a manner that s disturbingly inhumane.
This important work asks and points to clear, intelligent answers
to some of the most significant ethical questions of our time.
Praeger Publications, www.praeger.com,1999
ISBN 0-275-96646-1 Buy
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Stone, Geo, Suicide and Attempted
Suicide: Methods and Consequences. This is essentially a
guide on how to commit suicide, or alternatively, stage a "safe"
suicidal gesture. The author delineates four groups of people who
attempt to kill themselves: rational people facing an insoluble
problem, usually fatal illness; those acting on impulse,
temporarily miserable and often drunk; those who are irrational
due to depression, schizophrenia or alcoholism; and those who are
making a desperate bid for attention or help. He also looks at
issues around terminal illness and euthanasia. In Part II, he
explains the following methods of killing oneself: asphyxia,
cutting and stabbing, drowning, drugs, chemicals, poisons,
electrocution, gunshot, strangulation, hypothermia, and jumping.
If you are terminally ill, he wants to give you information that
will help you determine the best way to kill yourself no mincing
of words here. He emphasizes self-determination. He makes it clear
that each competent individual has the right to figure out how and
when to die. Carroll & Graf, 1999,
ISBN 0-7867-0492-6 Buy
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