Suicide Information Table of Contents

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 No Iframes
• Why Do People Kill Themselves?
• Why Live When You Feel Like Dying?
• Facts About Suicide
• Sleep Problems, Nightmares Linked to Suicide: Study
• Suicide FAQs
• Study Links Attempted Suicide with Genetic Evidence Identified in Previous Suicide Research
• Sleep Problems, Nightmares Linked to Suicide

Suicide and Mental Disorders

• Schizophrenia and Suicide
• Bipolar Disorder Center Suicide Prevention
• Some Bipolar Patients Have Higher Suicide Risk
• Suicide ...A Very Real Threat to a Person with Bipolar Disorder
• Depression: Suicide and Self Injury
• Eating Disorders Linked to Suicide Risk
• Why Isn't Suicide A Viable Option?

PTSD

• Depressed Veterans and Suicide
• Army Suicides: A Treatment Issue

Kids suicide

• Suicide in Youth: What You Can Do About It
• Child and Teen Suicide
• All About Teen Suicide
• The Suicide of Older Men and Women
• Is My Child Contemplating Suicide?
• Kids' Suicides Rise, CDC Report Finds
• Study Links Depression and Suicide Rates to Teen Sex
• Suicide and Teenagers
• Is Your Child Contemplating Suicide?
• A Suicide: No Warning Of Her Decision To End Her Life
• Intervening in Child and Teen Suicide

Women

• American Girls' Suicide Rates Spike

Elderly

• Sleep Disturbances Among the Elderly Linked to Suicide

Antidepressants

• Two Large Studies Show Decline In Suicide Attempts With Antidepressant Treatment
• Antidepressants to Get U.S. Warning on Suicide Risks

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?

Therapy

• Psychotherapy in Treating the Chronically Suicidal Patient
• Therapy for Depression Cuts Suicide Attempts
• Is it Better to Rely on Psychiatric Drugs and to Lose the Feelings that They Mask, or to Risk Suicide?

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
• Families Need Help to Deal with Aftermath of Suicide Attempts
• Coping With Loss: Bereavement and Grief

Suicide information on audio

• Dr. Harold Koplewicz on Teen Depression and Suicide - Audio
• Why Do More Men Commit Suicide than Women - Audio
• Suicide Among Young Black Males - Audio
• FDA Study Links Antidepressants, Teen Suicide - Audio

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