Suicide Information Table of Contents

Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

Comprehensive information about suicide. What to do if you're feeling suicidal, how to help the suicidal person, why people kill themselves and more.

IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS AND NEED IMMEDIATE HELP, PLEASE CALL ANY OF THESE NUMBERS:

• 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK)

• 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)

• 1-866-488-7386 (1-866-4.U.TREVOR aimed at gay and questioning youth)

General information about suicide

• Understanding and Helping the Suicidal Person
• Depression: Understanding Thoughts of Suicide
• Frequently Asked Questions About Suicide
• Suicide Facts, Suicide Statistics
• Suicide: The Risk is Lifelong for Those Who've Tried It Once
• Suicide Risk Runs in Families
• High-Suicide Families Eyed By Genetic Scientists
• Why Do People Kill Themselves?
• Why Live When You Feel Like Dying?
• Facts About Suicide
• Suicide FAQs
• Coping with Suicide

Suicide and Mental Disorders

• Schizophrenia and Suicide
• Suicide Prevention: Bipolar and Suicide
• Suicide ...A Very Real Threat to a Person with Bipolar Disorder
• Depression: Suicide and Self Injury
• Eating Disorders Linked to Suicide Risk

PTSD

• Depressed Veterans and Suicide

Kids suicide

• Suicide in Youth: What You Can Do About It
• Risk Factores for Child and Teen Suicide
• All About Teen Suicide
• Is My Child Contemplating Suicide?
• Study Links Depression and Suicide Rates to Teen Sex
• Suicide and Teenagers
• A Suicide: No Warning Of Her Decision To End Her Life
• Intervening in Child and Teen Suicide 
• Parents Surviving the Suicide of Their Child

Suicide support

• Feeling Suicidal? How To Help Yourself
• How to Help a Suicidal Person: Take Them Seriously
• Helping a Suicidal Friend or Relative
• Handling A Phone Call From A Suicidal Person
• Coping With Feelings and Thoughts of Suicide
• How Do I Help A Friend In A Hospital For Drug Treatment And A Suicide Attempt?
• How to Help Suicidal Older Men and Women

Therapy

• Psychotherapy in Treating the Chronically Suicidal Patient

Self-Help

• Reasons for Living Can Prevent Suicide During Depression
• Suicide: The Risk is Lifelong for Those Who've Tried It Once
• Author Chronicles Her Struggles With Suicidal Thoughts
• Coping With Feelings and Thoughts of Suicide
• Considering Suicide? STOP!

After a suicide

• Dealing with Anger and Guilt After a Suicide
• Coping With Loss: Bereavement and Grief 

HealthyPlace TV Shows on Suicide

• Suicide: How to Explain Suicide to Children
• Coping with Suicide Attempts

Website

• Apocalypse Suicide Page - Help for the Suicidal Person
• Gay is OK! What You Need To Know About Gay Teen Suicide

Books

• Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
• The Savage God: A Study of Suicide by A. Alvarez
• Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One by A. Smolin, J. Guinan
• Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers & Hope by Albert Y. Hsu
• No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One by Carla Fine
• Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy Aarons
• When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens by Bey Cobain

Resources

• Crisis center in your area
• American Association of Suicidology (AAS).
• The Trevor Project - Saving Young Lives. Aimed to gay and questioning youth

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