Pamphlet

Black Suicide and the Relational System: Theoretical and Empirical Implications of Communal and Familial Ties (Micro ED156765)

Study of the relationships between the rise in number of black suicides and a weakening of communal and family ties, focusing on the “isolating effect” of immigration and living alone. (KB)

Death Styles Among Canada’s Indians (HB 850 A1A42 No.42)

Data are examined from a prospective study of Native mortality on 35 reserves and colonies in the province of Alberta, Canada. Native Indian deaths tend to occur in non-hospital settings with others present. In almost half the cases death resulted from accident, suicide or homicide. Though circumstances of weather and physical isolation, as well as […]

Suicide and Youth

Suicides in the Black Community: A Preliminary Survey (Ref. S.S. ZHT 166 C67) (Exchange Bibliography 887)

Short bibliography covering books, articles and unpublished documents, such as theses. (KB)

Suicide

Briefly covers the extent of suicide, 8 myths about suicide, 4 types of suicide crises, suicide as a cry for help & the importance of prevention. CMHA numbers & addresses are included. (RM)

When A Child Dies

Programs of the S.P.C.

Bibliography – Program Evaluation

Adolescent Suicide: Some Clues to Understanding and Prevention

Canadian Health Facts: Potential Years of Life Lost

The Right to Die With Dignity (Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 587)

American Indian Suicides

Copies are available form the Suicide Information Center, 6377 Lake Apopka Place, San Diego, California 92119 at $4.00 U.S. per copy.

Children and Suicide Training Manual

Black Suicide in the Seventies: Current Trends and Perspectives (Micro ED 156766)

Describes the demographic differences in the rates of suicide of blacks and whites. (KB)

Toward a Good Death

A Model for Clergy – The Care of the Suicide Survivor

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 […]