Books on Suicide

The Men At Risk™ library lists pertinent books on Suicide. See also Issues. If you are crisis, 1st call 911 while you're looking in the front of your local yellow pages for the number of the local suicide prevention hotline. If you can't get through to either of those, try our Emergency Numbers.

• Berman, Alan, Adolescent Suicide: Assessment & Intervention, 1996
• Brown, Judy, The Choice: Seasons of loss and renewal after a father's decision to die, 1995
• Carlson, Trudy, Depression in the Young: What we can do to help them, 1998
• Conroy, David L., Out of the Nightmare: Recovery From Depression And Suicidal Pain. Although it’s a big, thorough book, it’s worth getting into, and can be sampled in small doses. Dr. Conroy knows how to untangle the web of darkness and help you get past the guilt. I recommend this for suicidal persons, therapists, counselors, friends and families, and those left behind by the suicide of a loved one. New Liberty Press, 1991, ISBN 1-879204-00-2 Buy This Book!
• Delury, George, But What If She Wants to Die?  A husband's diary, 1997
• Ellis, Thomas E. and Cory F. Newman, Choosing to Live: how to defeat suicide through cognitive therapy. A conversational book with practical help for suicidal persons. New Harbinger Publications, 1996, ISBN 1-57224-056-3 Buy This Book!
• Elliott, Harold, Ripples of Suicide: Reasons for Living. "Why?" is the question most often asked following a suicide, and when the victim is young, the futility and senselessness of death are felt even more acutely. The author, America;s well-known suicide chaplain, will tell you that he can recall the position of the body, facial expression, whether the eyes were open or closed, location of wounds and type of clothing worn at any suicide scene, no matter how many years ago he saw it. But this book deals with the effects of a suicide on those left behind, and reasons for living, to be learned from the dead. This book can save lives and comfort friends and families going through torment. WRS, 1993 ISBN 1-56796-012-X Buy This Book!
• Hammer, Signe, By Her Own Hand: Memoirs of a suicide's daughter, 1991
• Hammerslough, Jane, Everything You Need to Know About Teen Suicide, 1997
• Jamison, Stephen, Assisted Suicide: A decision-making guide for health professionals, 1997
• Jamison, Stephen, Final Acts of Love: Families, friends and assisted dying, 1997
• Johnson, Toby, Plague: A novel about healing. For a significant segment of the American population, the 1980s has been dominated by a health crisis of proportions rivaling the plagues of old. Politicians, public officials, medical personnel and health activists have recognized that education represents the major bulwark against the spread of the disease. While the lessons about risk reduction are relatively simple, the public has sometimes seemed resistant to hearing them. Health educators have suggested that a variety of teaching methods are called for - from scholarly lectures, slide shows, pamphlets and made-for-TV movies to street theater, protest demonstrations, and "safe-sex" pornography and videos. In this work of fiction, the plot and characters are imaginary. The names of medical treatements and drugs have frequently been altered. The social problems created by this disease and the plight of the people with HIV infection, however, as well as the instructions about risk reduction and the teachings about attitudinal healing are accurate. The projections for the resolution of the plague that haunts us in 1987 are reasonable extrapolations of current medical fact. This also adds to a growing debate over the value of extensive medical science versus holistic healing, quality of life, and the option of choosing death. Alyson Publications, 1987 ISBN 1-55583-125-7 Buy This Book!
• Kaplan, Kalman, Jewish Approaches to Suicide, Martyrdom & Euthanasia, 1998
• Kirk, William, Adolescent Suicide: A school based approach to assessment & intervention, 1993
• Kuklin, Susan, After a Suicide: Young people speak up, 1994
• Kung, Hans, Dying with Dignity: A plea for personal responsibility, 1998
• Lamont-Brown, Raymond, Kamikaze: Japan's suicide Samurai, 1998
• Lester, David, The Cruelest Death: The enigma of adolescent suicide, 1992
• Malan, David, Anorexia, Murder & Suicide: What can be learned from the stories of three remarkable patients, 1998
• McDaniel, Lurlene, For Better, for Worse, Forever, 1997
• McIntosh, John, Elder Suicide: Research, theory and treatment, 1994
• Murphy, James, Coping with Teen Suicide. If you are thinking of taking your own life, think twice. Once you are dead, you don't get a second change. While you are alive you always have an opportunity to change how you feel, but - to state the obvious - if you are dead, you can't change anything. This book is about you, the stresses you face, and how you can cope with stress to overcome depressions or thoughts of suicide. This book will help you evaluate whether or not you are depressed, on a path to suicide, or at the door of suicide. This book will also guide you in identifying and solving problems so you can learn how to lead a fulfilling and happy life. If you have been depressed or have had suicidal thoughts in the past, now is a good time to explore some of the things that have contributed to those thoughts and make a plan to avoid the negative influences on your life. And, if you think a friend or relative may be suicidal, this book will provide the information you need to help them solve problems, change their feelings, seek help if needed, and stay alive.Rosen Publishing Group, 1999 ISBN 0-8239-2824-1 Buy This Book!
• Patros, Philip, Depression & Suicide in Children & Adolescents: Prevention intervention and postprevention, 1988
• Plass, Paul, The Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena sport and political suicide, 1995
• Prado, C.G. and S.J. Taylor, Assisted Suicide: Theory and practice in elective death. The authors strive for a compromise between ethical theoreticians and clinicians by clarifying what is most at issue in the arguments of both sides of the contentious public issue. They do not reach agreement, but bring light to such elements at the criteria for rational suicide, making a genuine and unimpaired choice, and the famous slippery slope. Humanity Books, 1999 ISBN 1573926337 Buy This Book!
• Puhek, Ronald, The Abyss Absolute: The Autobiography of a Suicide, 1998
• Quinnett, Paul G., Suicide: The Forever Decision. Frank and helpful conversation with a therapist who cares. Continuum, 1989 ISBN 0-8264-0391-3 Buy This Book!
• Remafed, Gary, Death by Denial: Studies of suicide in gay & lesbian teenagers, 1994
• Szasz, Thomas Stephen, Fatal Freedom: The ethics and politics of suicide. This is an eloquent defense of every individual's right to choose a voluntary death. The author, a renowned psychiatrist, believes that we can speak about suicide calmly and rationally, as he does in this book, and that we can ultimately accept suicide as part of the human condition. By maintaining statutes that determine that voluntary death is not legal, our society is forfeiting one of its basic freedoms and causing the psychiatric/medical establishment to treat individuals in a manner that s disturbingly inhumane. This important work asks and points to clear, intelligent answers to some of the most significant ethical questions of our time. Praeger Publications, www.praeger.com,1999 ISBN 0-275-96646-1 Buy This Book!
• Shamoo, Tonia, Helping Your Child Cope with Depression & Suicidal Thoughts, Jossey-Bass 1997
• Shange, Ntozake, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide: When the rainbow is enof: A choreopoem, 1997
• Shavelson, Lonny, A Chosen Death: The dying confront assisted suicide, 1998
• Shneidman, Edwin, Definition of Suicide, 1996
• Smolin, Ann, Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One, 1993
• Staub, Wendy Corsi, Help Me! (Real Life), 1995
• Stone, Geo, Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences. This is essentially a guide on how to commit suicide, or alternatively, stage a "safe" suicidal gesture. The author delineates four groups of people who attempt to kill themselves: rational people facing an insoluble problem, usually fatal illness; those acting on impulse, temporarily miserable and often drunk; those who are irrational due to depression, schizophrenia or alcoholism; and those who are making a desperate bid for attention or help. He also looks at issues around terminal illness and euthanasia. In Part II, he explains the following methods of killing oneself: asphyxia, cutting and stabbing, drowning, drugs, chemicals, poisons, electrocution, gunshot, strangulation, hypothermia, and jumping. If you are terminally ill, he wants to give you information that will help you determine the best way to kill yourself no mincing of words here. He emphasizes self-determination. He makes it clear that each competent individual has the right to figure out how and when to die. Carroll & Graf, 1999, ISBN 0-7867-0492-6 Buy This Book!
• Stenager, Egon, Disease, Pain & Suicidal Behavior, 1998
• Vogel, Randy, Climber's Guide to Tahquitz & Suicide, 1998
• Whitaker, Leighton, College Student Suicide, 1990
• Williams, Mark, Cry of Pain: Understanding suicide and self-harm, 1998

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