Pamphlet

To Be Or Not To Be – A Study of Suicide Attempters and the Self Help Model

Briefly describes 5 self-help methods or groups which might be utilized by suicide attempters (Recovery, Inc.; GROW; Peer Mutual Aid Network; Anxiety Management Training; & Survivors of Suicide). Also describes & discusses characteristics of self-help groups which make them beneficial for suicide attempters — including help with coping, facilitating communication, enhancing self-esteem, providing social interaction, […]

Hemlock: A Society Supporting Active Voluntary Euthanasia for the Terminally Ill

Understanding Grief

Coping With a Loss by Death

Bibliography – Research Utilization

Crisis!

An Assessment of the National Incidence of Juvenile Suicide in Adult Jails, Lockups, and Juvenile Detention Centers

1,158 questionnaires were mailed to juvenile detention centres, jails & lock-ups in the US. This yielded a nationwide estimate of 479,908 persons below 18 years of age held in adult jails or lockups in 1978. The rate of completed suicide among juveniles in adult jails was 12.3/100,000; a rate 4.6 times that of juveniles in […]

Suicide Survivor Support Group

Physician Suicides

Copies are available from the Suicide Information Center, 6377 Lake Apopka Place, San Diego, California 92119 at $5.00 U.S. per copy.

Children and Suicide

The Probability of Suicide: Identification of Canadian Population Segments at High Risk

Reviews Canadian Gov’t. suicide statistics from 1931-1976. Suicides in Canada have increased three-fold as a proportion of all deaths. Interprovincial variations in suicide rates correlate positively with median income for both males & females. Female increases in suicide rates are spread over the entire age spectrum; male increases are concentrated at the younger ages. Married […]

Fact Sheet: Depression in the Elderly

Children and Suicide

Suicide Prevention Center, Inc. (Public Speaking)

We Hear You (The Suicide and Crisis Center)

Coping With Bereavement

I.A.S.P. – International Association for Suicide Prevention

Readings in Suicide for Law Enforcement Officers (Public Administration Series: Bibliography P-635)

The Burden of Suicide

A reprint of the artical entitled “My Turn” which appeared in the February 7 edition of Newsweek.

Reaching Out to Save Lives

Suicide…Despair? For Someone to Talk to in Confidence.

Suicide Among Children

Copies are available from the Suicide Information Center, 6377 Lake Apopka Place, San Diego, California 92119 at $5.00 U.S. per copy.

Trends in Mental Health