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RESOURCES FOR YOUTH:
MENTAL HEALTH: SUICIDE PREVENTION
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For more information, see our Health Topics section on Suicide.
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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 is Not a Joke: How to Help a Friend |
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| Council for Families |
English |
Designed for teens, this pamphlet delievers the positive mewssage
that while suicidal feelings need to be taken seriously, no
situation is hopeliess. 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 expereincing
suicidal feelings |
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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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Coping With Teen Suicide |
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| By James Murphy,
M., M.D |
English |
Available at:
CMHA Mental
Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow)
(Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
Winnipeg Public Library
(borrow)
Local or online bookstores |
The author examines factors contributing to teen suicide and
shows how effective coping skills can prevent suicide. Readers
will gain immediate help if they are in a suicidal crisis. |
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Living When a Young Friend Commits
Suicide: Or Even Starts Talking About It. |
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| By Earl Grollman |
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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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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