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RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL STAFF AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS:
MENTAL HEALTH: SUICIDE PREVENTION
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For more information, see our Health Topics section on Suicide.
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Hollow Water |
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English |
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/E 98/.L7/H65/2000)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Hollow Water, in Central Manitoba, is home to 450 people –
many of them victims of sexual abuse. The offenders have left
a legacy of pain and denial, addiction and suicide. The film
documents the moving journey of one family, torn apart by
years of abuse, who struggle to confront their past. (NOT
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) |
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Speak Out
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| SPEAK |
English |
This site educates the public about the link between depression
and suicide, and addresses the stigma associated with having
a mental illness. |
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Grief After Suicide |
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| Canadian Mental
Health Association |
English/French |
Information about feelings and grief after a suicide. |
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Preventing Suicide |
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| Canadian Mental
Health Association |
English/French |
Information about preventing suicide. |
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Suicide: What you need to know A Guide for School Personnel
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| Council for Families |
English |
School personnel are in a unique position to identify teens
at risk. This pamphlet will help them: recognize risk factors,
identify the warning signs evaluate the degree of risk and
get help. The pamphlet also offers facts about suicide. |
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Suicide is Not a Joke: How to Help a Friend |
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| Council for Families |
English |
Designed for teens, this pamphlet delivers the positive message
that while suicidal feelings need to be taken seriously, no
situation is hopeless. It answers questions like: what are
the warning signs?, what can they do?, who can help?. The
pamphlet also reaches out to teens who may be experiencing
suicidal feelings. |
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Suicide Postvention is Prevention: A Proactive Planning Workbook
for Communities Affected by Youth Suicide |
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| Council for Families |
English |
This planning workbook is designed to help communities including
schools to both anticipate and effectively respond to the
tragedy of youth suicide. The workbook provides information
and tools to assist communities in organizing a compassionate,
collaborative, planned postvention response. A planned postvention
response ensures that youth at risk of suicide are identified
and receive the appropriate intervention and support and that
support is forthcoming for suicide survivors. |
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Teen Suicide: Listen Up! |
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| Magic Lantern
Communications Ltd. |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918) |
Written and acted by teenagers concerned with suicide prevention,
many of the warning signs associated with suicidal behaviour
are identified and discussed. |
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Suicide: Teens Talk to Teens |
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| By Marion Crook |
English |
Available at:
Winnipeg Public Library
(borrow)
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
A powerful and moving collection of the perspectives of a
variety of teenagers on the subject of suicide. It also includes
an appendix full of resources for assisting teens with the
problem of suicide. |
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Teen Suicide: What Parents Need to Know |
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| Council for Families |
English |
This brochure explains that parents can make changes to help
make suicide an unlikely choice for their teens. This pamphlet
discusses the developmental tasks of adolescence and how these
affect a teen's vulnerability to suicide. It also suggests
strategies for supporting teens in effective ways and helps
parents identify warning signs, evaluate risk and get help. |
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Youth and Suicide |
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| Canadian Mental
Health Association |
English/French |
Information on youth and suicide. |
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Adolescent Suicide Assessment and
Intervention |
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| By Alan L. Berman |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
Gives up-to-date findings available about the background,
assessment, treatment, and prevention of a adolescent suicide. |
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A Promise for Tomorrow : A Youth
Suicide Prevention Program. |
 
Gr 7 - 9 |
| The Jason Foundation
Inc. |
English |
Available at:
The Jason Foundation
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918) |
This kit includes information on “how to help a friend
if you suspect they are thinking about suicide”. This
program can be presented as a stand-alone program or as a
part of another health-related curriculum. |
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A Student Dies, A School Mourns:
Dealing with Death and Loss in the School Community |
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| By Ralph L. Klicker |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
A practical book that not only examines the common reactions
of students and faculty to a death in the school community,
but also provides schools with a systematic guide for developing
a death-related crisis response plan. |
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Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
of Suicidal Behavior |
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| By Robert I. Yufit
and David Lester |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
Suicide is unique in being self-inflicted and is, as such,
often preventable. By assessing the risk of suicide accurately,
providing effective treatment according to this risk, and
implementing strategies against suicidal urges, mental health
professionals can successfully guide their clients away from
this senseless taking of life. |
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Choosing to Live: How to Defeat Suicide
Through Cognitive Therapy |
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| By E. Thomas
and Cory F. Ellis Newman |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book takes the mystery and stigma out of suicidality.
It provides a wealth of ideas for understanding and counteracting
painful emotions and negative views of yourself, your life,
and your future. |
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Crisis Intervention and Trauma: New
Approaches to Evidence-Based Practice |
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| By L. Jennifer
Hillman |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book provides step-by-step information about how to engage
in crisis intervention, and how to integrate recent empirical
research findings into theory and practice. |
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Let it Not Be in Vain |
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English |
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 6545.8/
.L4/2002) (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Hear the true story of Keith Nokes, a teen who took his own
life while in a state of “alcohol induced psychosis”,
commonly known as a blackout. Today, Keith’s family
and friends tell his tragic story to high school and college
students to alert them to the warning signs of suicide, the
dangers of binge drinking, and the deadly results if either
or both of these are ignored or not taken seriously enough
by friends or family. |
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Living When a Young Friend Commits
Suicide: Or Even Starts Talking About It. |
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| By Grollman, Earl |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
Talks about the first days after a death and what you may
feel; the need to know why; how you can tell if someone is
suicidal; what to do if you've promised not to tell anyone;
returning to school after a suicide; and popular misconceptions. |
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Real People: Suicide and Depression
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Gr 7 - 12 |
| Sunburst Visual
Media |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918) |
This program provides viewers with essential information about
the warning signs of, and the myths about, depression and
suicide. Using profiles of real teens, scenarios, and insights
from nationally recognized expert this program sensitizes
viewers to the issues of depression and suicide. |
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SAVE: Suicide
Awareness Voices for Education |
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| SAVE – Suicide
Awareness Voices of Education |
English |
SAVE's Mission is to prevent suicide through public awareness
and education, eliminate stigma and serve as a resource to
those touched by suicide. |
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Suicide Awareness and Prevention:
For Youth Ages 12-17 |
Ages 12 - 17 |
| Hazelden Publishing
& Educational Services |
English |
Available at:
Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918) |
This video explores the reality of suicide among adolescent
boys and girls and presents solutions. Among them: social
support, communication, abstinence from drugs, access to medical
and mental health resources, and good problem-solving skills. |
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Suicide Intervention In The Schools |
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| By Scott Poland |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Local or online bookstores |
This book provides practical guidelines for setting up and
maintaining this type of program, using numerous case examples
as illustrations. |
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Suicide
Prevention Resource Centre |
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| Suicide Prevention
Resource Center |
English |
This website features important information on government
suicide prevention efforts, news, events and links to important
prevention publications. |
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Team Up To Save Lives: What Your
School Should Know About Preventing Youth Suicide |
Gr 7+ |
| The University
Of Illinois |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Call 1-800-627-7646 to order. (#MCD63255E) |
The material on this CD-ROM is designed to supplement the
suicide prevention procedures your school and community may
have in place. |
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Teen Suicide: Sara’s Diary |
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English |
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 6545.8/.S3/2000)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Sara is different. The kids in her high school see this and
don’t let up with endless teasing and bullying. Sara
finally breaks, and, after a suicide attempt, Mark, her primary
tormentor, happens to find her diary. Through this book, Mark
gets to know the deep feeling of a girl nobody knew, and finds
that she is no different from any of us. |
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When Happily Ever After Ends |
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| By Lurlene McDaniel |
English |
Available at:
Local or online bookstores |
Fifteen-year-old Shannon knew her father had been troubled
since he served in the Vietnam War, but his violent suicide
still shocks her. Shannon always shared so much with her father.
As Shannon and her mother try to make sense of his death.
Despite the hardships life may bring, they know they will
forgive and love again. |
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