But I Didn't Say Goodbye was easy to read and very helpful. The story
of this child survivor and the adults in his life will empower any child
survivor. I know this book will help parents find the answers they are looking for.
A Chosen Death: The Dying Confront Assisted Suicide. By, Lonny Shavelson MD
The author is a physician who followed several cases of dying persons who from the
onset of their terminal illnesses expressed a desire to commit suicide towards the
end. Dr.Shavelson tracked these cases over 3-4 years and records the medical and
emotional roller-coaster the patients went through. The best examination on a
personal basis of assisted suicide so far published.
Shneidman has studied suicide for more than 60 years. Here he treats the topic from
several perspectives--historical, literary, sociological, biological, psychiatric,
psychological-- and from the points of view of survivor and volunteer, to help
readers better understand what suicide is and how it might be prevented.
This volume presents an authoritative overview of current scientific knowledge about
suicide and suicide prevention. Multidisciplinary and comprehensive in scope, the book
provides a solid foundation in theory, research, and clinical applications. Issues
relevant to clinical case management are highlighted, and various treatment modalities are
discussed in light of the latest research findings. Topics covered include the
classification and prevalence of suicidal behaviors; social, cultural, and gender
contexts of suicide; psychiatric and medical factors; and ethical and legal issues
in intervention
In this best-selling book, eminent suicidologist David Lester offers a startling
look at what we know about adolescent suicide - the third leading cause of
death among young people in the U.S. - and what we can do to prevent it.
Through case studies and a detailed review of the literature, Lester opens
the doors to understanding this tragedy and gives us the knowledge
necessary for successful intervention.
I inherited a depressive brain chemistry and have suffered from depression
for as long as I can remember. Not until I read this book have I been able
to articulate my feelings to others. This book contains the best description
of depression I've ever read. It makes the point that it's a disease that
society must take seriously, and that thoughts of suicide shouldn't be a
taboo subject. I found it to be strangely comforting to read. If you suffer
from depression, or know a friend or family member who does, then I
can't recommend this informative book enough as it'll be time very well-spent.
Definition of Suicide. By, Edwin Shneidman PhD
Dr. Shneidman, the father of Suicidology is the right person write about
the defintion of suicide. It is a valuable resource for both students and
professional in the mental health area. As Litman, M.D. said - "...this
is an epic book of scholarship...", and it surely is. From the
characteristics of suicide to an historical view, and a most educational
book, I would say that this masterpeace is unique in its scope and
content and with no doubt worth reading.
Do you fear death or the dying process? This book will address that. Are you young and
in relatively good health, and have a hard time feeling compassion on people who are
older and/or less agile? This book can increase your compassion and patience. Are you
entering the last few years of your life and want to "finish well"? This book can help
you do that. This book is for everyone; because everyone will deal with death and dying
in their life.
Depression and Attempted Suicide in Adolescents. By, Alan Carr
Provides practitioners with a description of depression and an explanation of factors
contributing to mood disorders and guidance on their assessment and treatment in
adolescence. It also aims to provide a framework for assessment and management
for those who have threatened or attempted suicide.
Durkheim's Suicide. By, W. S. F. Pickering, Geoffrey Walford (Editors)
Emile Durkheim : Le Suicide One Hundred Years Later. By, David Lester PhD (Editor)
This landmark volume honors the 100th anniversary of the publication of Emile
Durkheim's milestone book, Le Suicide, often described as one of the three
most important works ever written in the social sciences. Lester and the 16
contributors evaluate and reassess the great French sociologist's contributions
to social and behavioral science in the light of present-day knowledge and assumptions.
Of the books I've read on suicide this has been the most thorough at
exploring the various schools of thought regarding the subject. George
Howe Colt looks at suicide historically, culturally, philosophically,
and as the intimate assault it is on persons, families, and communities.
He unveils many unwieldy questions, including the right to die with
candor and only a hint of occasional bias. Although he avoids no
subject, he does not aggrandize himself by claiming to have the answers.
Fatal Freedom: The Ethics And Politics Of Suicide by Thomas Szasz (Professor Emeritus
of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse) is a
thoughtful and persuasively written defense of the individual's right to voluntarily
choose the time and manner of their own death. Criticizing the inhumanity of the
established legal and medical policy prohibiting suicide for any reason allows
extensive and widespread suffering, Fatal Freedom also reveals how suicide has been
viewed down through the ages alongside other social practices about which public
perception has changed.
Some of the greatest writers in the world chose an untimelydeath by suicide,
and this charts their lives and psychologicalconditions. It's hard to easily
categorize this treatise, which considers both their literary lives and their
psychology; but any studying such writers from Anne Sexton and Ernest
Hemingway to the more modern Michael Dorris, will find Final Draft an
important survey covering more than a century of literary figures.
Hsu's wise, bittersweet, intelligently written book relates his own coping with
unexpected, violent death and compassionately examines the emotional
and theological issues of suicide. Hsu's father was a suicide at 59. He had
suffered a stroke and become depressed during the preceding weeks, yet
his death was a great shock. Respecting his readers--for instance, by
acknowledging individual differences in grieving--Hsu encourages
remembering while lamenting and realizing that one will never know
what could have been. He addresses such difficult, unanswerable
questions as "Why did it happen?" and "Could anything have
prevented it?" while exploring the morality of suicide and the problem
of forgiving the suicide with great sensitivity and care.
A Handbook for the Understanding of Suicide. By, Seymour Perlin MD (Editor)
This book helps professionals determine the risk level for suicidal or at-risk patients
and recommends a suicide assessment protocal that can be effectively incorporated into
clinical practice. The authors also provide guidelines for intervening when a person is
at risk for harming himself or herself. If you're researching suicide this is the right
book with which to start.
In the wake of my husbands recent suicide, I have been filled with guilt and regret.
This book has belped me to realize that it was not my fault that he chose to end
his life. The most helpful for me was chapter 3. It is Guilt: "We should have...We
could have...". I have visited this place many times in the month since his suicide.
The book hepled me to also realize that there was nothing more I could have
done to prevent this tragedy. No one but the actual victim of suicide is at fault.
This book is a reference for those interested in studying Suicide and suicidal
behavior. When studying a subject like this, everyone should start with the
basics, i.e. historical reviews and perspectives of the phenomena. After
reading this very well written book the reader will surely become more
familiar with some of the basic thoughts pertaining suicide and its cultural,
historical, and some light scientific perspectives of the suicidal phenomena.
Everyone should read it, even for cultural enrichment.
Dr. White's book is a neccesary read for all clinicians but is most important
as a textbook for graduate psychology students. As practitioners, all of us
realize that academic training in this vital area is lacking. Dr. White's book
has consolidated the state of the art and then formulated the components
needed for a thorough assessment process which also provides potential
legal protection for the clinician.
Of all the many books on suicide I've read through the years, this book
rates highest on my list of books that are helpful in terms of the
understanding it provides to survivors of suicide, including both the
legacy and the different ways we process and come to terms with a s
uicide. What I spent years trying to understand in myself, my family
members, and other suicide survivors, I found on the pages of this
well-written and organized book.
'Lawful Exit' analyzes why the attempts to reform the law on euthanasia in
Washington and California states have failed. This book points a new
direction for legal, medical assisted dying for the terminally ill, emphasizing
ethical and practical guidelines to prevent abuse.
Living with Grief after Sudden Loss brings the reader into the world of the survivor.
The tragedy has shattered and forever changed the world in which he or she lives.
Leading thanatologists, accomplished authors and those working in the field of loss
and transition weave their experience in a book that deals with the grief proces and
sudden death.
Man Against Himself. By, Karl Menninger, MD
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Not exactly the place to start but for those interested in an easier read
this is it. Karl Menninger is awfully Freudian but this becomes a bit of a
page turner. Introspective, incredibly insightful and definitely worth the
time and money. This is an essential for your collection. If you like this
one you will love his "Love Against Hate."
Meditations for Survivors of Suicide. By, Joni Woelfel
Joni Woelfel wrote Meditations for Survivors of Suicide from her own personal
experience of having lost a beloved son to suicide. She has drawn beautifully from
the long journey she trod from her early shock and grief, to the place she has
arrived at today - a place of knowledge and empowerment - which she is now using
to help others deal with their own losses. This book is the perfect tool for anyone
needing support to map out their own path through the many phases of grief.
"Suicide is a particularly awful way to die: the mental suffering leading up to it is
usually prolonged, intense, and unpalliated," writes Kay Redfield Jamison. "There is no
morphine equivalent to ease the acute pain, and death not uncommonly is violent and
grisly." Jamison has studied manic-depressive illness and suicide both professionally--
and personally. She first planned her own suicide at 17; she attempted to carry it out
at 28. Now professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she
explores the complex psychology of suicide, especially in people younger than 40:
why it occurs, why it is one of our most significant health problems, and how it can
be prevented.
Few events in life are as traumatic as the suicide of a loved one, as Carla Fine
knows firsthand. Fine's husband killed himself seven years ago, and she battled
with the emotional turmoil so common to survivors of a suicide. Using her
experiences, those of other survivors, and advice from mental-health
professionals, Fine provides a compassionate guide for dealing with the guilt,
anger, and confusion. The pain is made worse By, the social stigma attached to
suicide, an act that is still considered criminal. Fine herself initially lied to
coworkers, telling them her husband died of a heart attack rather than face
the embarrassment of the truth. In unearthing the causes of this torment, Fine
hopes to foster healing, in part By, stressing the importance of forgiving the absent
person.
The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment covers all the critical elements
of suicide assessment–from risk factor analysis to evaluating clients
with borderline personality disorders or psychotic process. This highly
acclaimed text provides mental health professionals with the tools they
need to assess a client’s suicide risk and assign appropriate levels of
care using the highly acclaimed interview strategy for eliciting suicidal
ideation–the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events.
"The Savage God" is an absorbing look at a subject often spoken of in whispers.
Alvarez points out that people who lose parents at an early age are more likely
to take their own lives. He also examines in depth the strong and mysterious link
between creative genius and the impulse toward suicide. "The Savage God" is a work
that sheds welcome light on the human condition in all of its complexity, yet Alvarez never
presumes to provide easy answers to questions that are ultimately unanswerable.
I enjoyed reading Jillayne Arena's book because in today's world,
there are too many reasons to feel really down and out. She writes
with great wit and humor about her struggles and doubts and leaves
the reader with a good insight, and one comes away with at least
45 reasons not to give up! I recommend this book highly to all who
doubt, or feel they cannot handle it any longer: read this book, any
paragraph and sleep on it, pray (if you are religious) and look
further in the future. The glass is either half empty - or half full,
after reading this book, you will find that it is half full.
Suicidal Behavior in the Asia-Pacific Region. Kok Lee Peng , Wen-Shing Tseng
(Editors)
I read this book in the hospital after my 2nd attempt to kill myself. It brought
to light so many things that I was unable to see in myself and what I was doing
to my family. It helped me understand my suicide attempts that had previously
blindsided me. I had no idea why nor did any of my loved ones. I
reccommended this book to all of my friends and family so they could also
understand. It is a quick read and although repetitive, very accurate.
The PsyCom.Net Book Service presents books on
Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Physician assisted suicide, Assisted Suicide,
Euthanasia.
Adolescent Suicide. By, Paul R. Robbins
Adolescent Suicide : Assessment and Intervention. By, Alan L. Berman, David A.
Jobes
Art and the Wish to Die. By, Fred Cutter
Breaking the Silence : A Guide to Help Children With Complicated Grief:
Suicide, Homicide, Aids, Violence, and Abuse. By, Linda Goldman
But I Didn't Say Goodbye : For parents and professionals helping child suicide
survivors. By, Barbara Rubel
Cognitive Therapy of Suicidal Behavior : A Manual for Treatment (Springer
Series on Death and Suicide). By, Arthur Freeman, Mark A. Reinecke
Come Lovely and Soothing Death: The Right to Die Movement in the United States. By,
Elaine Fox, Jeffrey J. Kamakahi, Stella M. Capek, Etal Fox
Comprehending Suicide: Landmarks in 20Th-Century Suicidology. By, Edwin S.
Shneidman PhD
Comprehensive Textbook of Suicidology. By, Ronald W. Maris, Alan L. Berman, Morton M.
Silverman
Coping with Teen Suicide. By, James M. Murphy MD
The Cruelest Death: The Enigma of Adolescent Suicide. By, David Lester PhD
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness. By, William Styron
Denial of the Soul: Spiritual and Medical Perspectives on Euthanasia and Mortality.
By M. Scott Peck, MD
The Enigma of Suicide. By, George Howe Colt
Fatal Freedom: The ethics and politics of suicide. By, Thomas S. Szasz MD
Final Drafts : Suicides of World-Famous Authors. By, Mark Seinfelt, Paul West
Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers & Hope. By, Albert Y. Hsu
The Harvard Medical School Guide to Suicide Assessment and Intervention. By, Douglas
Jacobs MD (Editor)
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One. By, Ann Smolin CSW, John Guinan PhD
History of Suicide: Voluntary Death in Western Culture. By, Georges Minois
How to Identify Suicidal People: A Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment. By,
Thomas W. White PhD
In the Wake of Suicide : Stories of the People Left Behind. By, Alexander Victoria
Intending Death: The Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. By, Tom L.
Beauchamp (Editor)
The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide. By, Keith Hawton,
Kees Van Heeringen (Editors)
Lawful Exit: The Limits of Freedom for Help in Dying. By, Derek Humphry
Lethal Mercy. By, Harry Lee Kraus Jr.
Living With Grief: After Sudden Loss Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke.
Kenneth J. Doka (Editor),
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. By, Kay Redfield Jamison PhD
No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One. By, Carla Fine
Now I Lay Me Down: Suicide in the Elderly By, David Lester PhD, Margot Tallmer PhD(
Editors)
A Parent's Guide for Suicidal and Depressed Teens : Help for Recognizing If
a Child Is in Crisis and What to Do About It. By, Kate Williams
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (Library in a Book). By, Lisa Yount
Physician-Assisted Suicide: What are the Issues? By, Loretta M. Kopelman, Kenneth
Allen De Ville (Editors)
Psychoanalytic Understanding of Violence and Suicide (New Library of Psychoanalysis 33).
by Rosine Jozef Perelberg
The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment : A Guide for Mental Health
Professionals and Substance Abuse Counselors. By, Shawn Christopher Shea
Risk Management With Suicidal Patients. By, Bruce Bongar, Alan L. Berman, Ronald
W. Maris, Wendy L. Packman (Editors)
The Savage God : A Study of Suicide. By, A. Alvarez
Seduced By, Death : Doctors, Patients and Assisted Suicide. By, Herbert Hendin MD
Someone I Love Died By, Suicide: A Story for Child Survivors and Those Who Care for Them.
by Doreen Cammarota
Step back from the Exit: 45 Reasons to say no to suicide. By, Jillayne Arena
The Suicidal Child. By, Cynthia R. Pfeffer
The Suicidal Mind. By, Edwin S. Schneidman PhD
Suicide in Alcoholism. By, George E. Murphy
Suicide in America. By, Herbert Hendin MD
Suicide Among the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities: (Contributions to the Study of
Aging). By, Nancy J. Osgood
Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences. By, Geo Stone MD
Suicide and the Inner Voice: Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Case Management.
By, Robert W. Firestone
Suicide Prevention: Resources for the Millennium (Series in Death, Dying, and
Bereavement). By, David Lester PhD (Editor)
Suicide: A Study in Sociology. By, Emile Durkheim
Suicide: The Tragedy of Hopelessness. By, David Aldridge
Suicidology: Essays in Honor of Edwin S. Shneidman. By, Edwin S. Shneidman, Antoon A.
Leenaars (Editors)
Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents
James K. Zimmerman MD, Gregory M. Asnis MD (Editors)
Treatment of Suicidal Patients in Managed Care. By, James M. Ellison MD (Editor)
Trying to Remember, Forced to Forget (My Father's Suicide). By, Judy Raphael Kletter
Understanding Suicidal Behavior: The Suicidal Process Approach to Research, Treatment
and Prevention (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology). Kees Van Heeringen (Editor)
Waking Up, Alive: Life Lessons from Survivors of Suicide Attempts [Abridged].
by Richard A. Heckler
Why People Kill Themselves : A 2000 Summary of Research on Suicide. By, David
Lester PhD
Youth Suicide: A Comprehensive Manual for Prevention & Intervention. By, Barbara
B. Hicks