Suicide

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Suicide Survivor links:
 * American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)Survivor Support Information
 * Canadian Association for Suicide PreventionThis links to the CASP's directory listing of survivor support groups in Canada
 * Suicide Awareness\Voices of Education (SAVE)SAVE's mission is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide.
 * Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network (SPAN)Opening Minds. Changing Policy. Saving Lives.
 * For Suicide SurvivorsThis site is devoted to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one by suicide.
 * CASP Suicide Survivor Support GroupsA comprehensive list of survivor support groups across Canada

= BIBLIOTHERAPY = = NON-FICTION =

Eight Stories Up Lezine, Dequincy A. and David Brent

Hello Cruel World:101 alternatives to suicide for teens, freaks, and other outlaws Bornstein, Kate

Dead Boys Can't Dance Dorais, Michel 362 .282 DOR This book is a study of suicides in Canada that can be attributed, partly to sexual discrimination.

It also examines the signs of being suicidal and what friends and family may be able to do to help.

Straight Talk About... Suicide Eagen, Rachel Call No.: 616.85844 EAG

Straight Talk About... Cutting and Self- Injury Eagen, Rachel Call No.: 616.8582 EAG

Hello, Cruel World Bornstein, Kate Call No.: 616.85844 BOR

Noonday Demon: an atlas of depression (not yet on shelves) Solomon, Andrew

Suicide Eagan, Rachel 616.858445 EAG

Out of the Darkness: teens talk about suicide Crook, Marion 362.28 CRO

Teenage Suicide Goldman, Nikki 362.28 GOL

Out of the Nightmare: recovery from suicidal pain Conroy, David

= Fiction =

Looking for Alaska Green, John PB F GRE

Monoceros Mayr PB F MAY

It's Kind of a Funny Story Vizzini PB F VIZ

Suicide Notes Ford PB F FOR

The Side Door Donley PB F DON

A Long Way Down Hornby PB F HOR

LIsa, Bright and Dark Neufeld, John PB F NEU

By the Time You Read This, I'll be Dead Pretend you Love Me Far From Xanadu Peters PB F PET

You Know Where to Find Me Cohn PB F Cohn

Thirteen Reasons Why Asher PB F ASH A Door Near Here Quales, Heather PB F QUA Ordinary People Guest, Judith PB F GUE

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter McCullers, Carson PB F CUL

Death Match Child, Lincoln PB F CHI

Shizuko's Daughter Mori, Kyoko PB F SHI After her mother's suicide when she is twelve years old, Yuki spends years living with her distant father and his resentful new wife, cut off from her mother's family, and relying on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy.