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- After a Suicide (SAMH publication)
- Steps to deal with stress (Healthier Scotland publication)
Recommended Reading (Loan copies available at CVS East Dunbartonshire)
| A Resource list of: Suicide Prevention & other related topics of concern. Feb 2010. | |||||
| Title of books | Author | Published by… | ID Number. | Year | Description of theme and target audience. |
| PREVENTING A SUICIDE | |||||
| The Power to Prevent Suicide. | Nelson, R & Galas,J. | Free Spirit. | 13 078-1-57542-206-0 | 2006 | A guide for teens helping teens. An excellent easily accessible book for young people, raising their awareness around suicide and introduces them to how they can identify friends that may be at risk of suicide and how they can intervene and get help. |
| Understanding Suicide and Addiction (Booklet) | Patricia Owen Ph.D. | Hazelden | 1-59285-031-6 | 2003 | A useful self help booklet for people at all stages of recovery. |
| Suicide and the Inner Voice. | Firestone,R,W. | Sage | 0-7619-0555-3 | 1997 | Risk assessment, Treatment, and case Management. |
| Preventing Suicide | World Health Organisation | WHO Document Production Services | 978 92 4 159706 7 | 2008 | How to Start a Survivors' Group |
| Preventing Suicide | World Health Organisation | WHO Document Production Services | 978 92 4 159707 4 | 2008 | A Resource for Media Professionals |
| Managing Suicidal Risk | David A. Jobes | The Guilford Press | 10-1-59385-327-0 | 2006 | A Collaborative Approach |
| Preventing Suicide | John Henden | John Wiley & Son Ltd | 978-0-470-51809-0 | 2008 | A solution focused approach |
| New Approaches to Preventing Suicide | David Duffy and Tony Ryan | Jesica Kingsley Publishers | 1-8431-221-8 | 2004 | A manual for practitioners |
| The Savage God | Al Alvarez | Norton paparback | 978-0-7475-5905-4 | 2002 | A Study of Suicide. A thorough study of historical, social & psychological perspectives on suicide that is also passionate, personal & readable. |
| Depression & Young People. (DVD). | Edinburghs Young peoples unit. | 2007 | A 19 min DVD that has been made by and for young people, which explores depression and its affects and easy ways for people to recognise it, and then suggests actions to take both for the individual but also for their friends. | ||
| [Un] Comfortably Numb | Maureen Magguire | Luath Press Ltd | 1-84282-001 | 2001 | A prison requiem. A look at women in prison, their life before prison and suicide. Do They really belong in prison? |
| Guidance on action to be taken at suicide hotspots | NHS Devon | ||||
| COPING WITH LOSS & GRIEF. (Adults) | |||||
| After a Suicide | SAMH & Partners. | revised 2009 | A step by step practical guide for people who have been left by a suicide. | ||
| Time To Grieve. | Michael Dunn | 2006 | |||
| Coping with Suicide | Maggie Helen | Press Sheldon | 0-85969-871-8 | 2002 | |
| A Special Scar | Alison Wertheimer | Routledge | 0-415-22027-0 | 2001 | The Experiences of People Bereaved By Suicide. This book discusses suicide from an adult perspective and can be an invaluable resource for those helping children and families bereaved through suicide. |
| Time To Grieve. | Dunn, M. | How to Books | 2006 | How to come through bereavement to recovery and growth. This is a wise, informative and readable book. | |
| Coping with LOSS and GRIEF | Geoffrey Glassock & Megan Gressor | Robertson Publishing Ltd | 1-85487-384-9 | 1992 | Healing the pain of Bereavement, divorce, unemployment and other Crises |
| Help is at Hand. | Keith Hawton & Sue Simkin | NHS (England) This is also down loadable. | -274206 | 2006 | This guide aims to help people who are unexpectedly bereaved. It also provides info for healthcare & other proffessionals who come into contact with bereaved people, to help them understand the impact of suicide. |
| BOOKS FOR HELPING ADULTS EXPLAIN DEATH, GRIEF & SUICIDE TO CHILDREN. | |||||
| Beyond the Rough Rock. | Di Stubbs & Julie Stocks | Winston's Wish | 978-0-9539123-7-7 | 2008 | This book offers Practical advice for families in the immediate days and weeks when a loved one has died by suicide. It aims to give parents & professionals the confidence to involve children in discussions about the nature of death by suicide. With practicle activities that can help them make sense & learn to cope. |
| Always and Forever. | Alan Durant & Debi Gliori | Picture Corgi Books | 978-0-552-54877-9 | 2004 | Otter, Mole and Hare miss Fox when he falls ill and dies. They stay at home and don’t want to talk about him because it makes them sadder. Then Squirrel visits and reminds them of all the fun times they had together. They all find a way to remember Fox and get on with their lives. Colourful, detailed pictures in this book emphasise the importance of holding on to memories. |
| When Dinosaurs Die | Laurie Frasny Brown & Marc Brown. | Little, Brown & Company. | 978-0-316-11955-9 | 1998 | This factual picture book uses cartoon dinosaurs to illustrate the text and comment on what is said. It is a bright and colourful book that explains death in a simple and unthreatening way. It covers many issues including ‘why does someone die?’, ‘feelings about death’ and ‘saying goodbye’. It would be an excellent resource for anyone caring for young children. |
| Ostrich Boys. | Keith Gray | A definitions Book | 978-0-099-45657-5 | 2008 | It's not really kidnapping, is it? He'd have to be alive for it to be proper kidnapping.' Kenny, Sim and Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey of friendship. Stealing the urn containing the ashes of their best friend Ross, they set out from Cleethorpes on the east coast to travel the 261 miles to the tiny hamlet of Ross in Dumfries and Galloway. After a depressing and dispiriting funeral they feel taking Ross to Ross will be a fitting memorial for a 15 year-old boy who changed all their lives through his friendship. Little do they realise just how much Ross can still affect life for them even though he's now dead. An extraordinary novel about friendship, loss and suicide, and about the good things that may be waiting just out of sight around the corner... |
| Sad Isn't Bad | Michaelene Mundy & R.W. Alley | One Caring Place, Abbey Press. | 978-0-87029-321-4 | 1998 | A Good Grief guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss. "It's OK to cry". A picture book for children of all ages, a comforting, realistic look at loss - loaded with positive, life-affirming helps for coping with loss as a Child. It's a book that promotes honest and healthy grief and Growth. |
| Why are you So Sad? | Beth Andrews & Nicole Wong. | Magination Press | 1-55798-887-0 | 2002 | When a parent has depression, children often feel sad & confused themselves. This interactive book can help by explaining depression in kids terms, reasuring kids (3-8 yrs) that their parent can get better, helping children understand & express their feelings, providing practical tips for coping & showing children how they can feel better themselves. |
| Grief Encounter | Shelley Gilbert | Simmons LTD | 0-9548434-0-1 | 2004 | A workbook to encourage conversation between children and adults. |
| How to help a child cope with Grief. | Perkins, J. | Foulsham | 978-0-572-03309-5 | 2007 | A book for adults who live and work with bereaved children. |
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Supporting a Bereaved child or Young Person. A guide to Professionals. |
Winston's Wish. | www.winstonswish.org.uk | For any professional who comes into contact with bereaved children and young people, this maybe teachers, healthcare workers, police and many other workers from statutory/health or Volutary organisations. | ||
| 'Support for friends' / Support for Parents' / Support for Teachers' / listening to young people'. | www.papyrus-uk.org | Have a variety of information sheets that can be down loaded. | |||
| SELF HARM INFORMATION. | |||||
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The Basement Project "New Strength in Numbers" |
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill |
1-901335-07-0 | 2000 | A practical guide to setting up and running support groups for people who SELF HARM. | |
| The Basement Project "Lifting the lid" |
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill |
1-901335-05-4 | 2007 | A practical Guide for those working with people abused in childhood & who SELF HARM. | |
| The Basement Project "Hurting inside" |
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill |
1-901335-04-6 | 1998 | A book for young people who SELF HARM because you have suffer sexual / physical emotonal abuse or neglect. | |
| The Basement Project What's is harm? |
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill |
1-901335-02-x | 1997 | An easily accessable book for young people who SELF HARM, An excellent starting point for understanding why people self harm. | |
| The Basement Project "Making Sense of Self-harm" |
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill |
1-901335-10-0 | 2006 | ||
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The Basement Project "The Self-harm help booklet" |
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill |
1-901335-03-8 | 1998 | SELF HARM / Self help booklet - When an individual wants a deeper understanding of why they cope in this way & maybe want to reduce the harm or learn how to cope alternatively or learn how abstain from harming themselves. (This leads on from 'Whats the Harm'). | |
| The Basement Project "Working with Self- Injury" |
Lois Arnold and Anne Magill |
1-901335-09-7 | 2005 | A practical guide for workers, that covers all aspect of SELF HARM that a worker or staff team may encounter. | |
| The Basement Project "Young People & Self Harm" | An Educational Resource pack to be used with young people who SELF HARM. | ||||
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http://www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing /mentalhealth/selfharm |
TheSite.org | This is an excellent website with lots of very useful upto date information about self harm. | |||
| A staff guide for responding to suicidal / self-harming young people in a school setting. | East Renfrewshire Council. | East Renfrewshire Council Department of Education. | A guide / Policy for adults within a school setting dealing with self harm & suicide. | ||
| Visible Memories. (DVD) | Croydon MH user's group | A film about Self Harm. | |||
| UNDESTANDING MENTAL ILL-HEALTH. | |||||
| An Unquiet Mind. | Jamison, K,R. | Picador | 978-0-330-34651-1 | 1996 | A Memoir of moods and madness. A personal and professionals experience of manic depression & its potential influences towards suicide. |
| SURVIVING SEXUAL ABUSE. | |||||
| The Courage to Heal Workbook | Laura Davis | Harper Perennial | 978-0-06-96437-5 | 1990 | A workbook with practical suggestions for Woman and Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. To enable individuals to reclaim their lives & build for a stronger future. |
| OTHER RESOURCE MATERIAL. | |||||
| Why love Matters. | Gerhdt,S. | 2007 | The negative affect of neglet/lack of love during the first few years of life. How the brain becomes stunted and disabled through lack of love. | ||
| Step to Deal with Stress | Healthier Scotland | 2009 | Practical booklet which helps people identify simptoms of stress and teaches simple ways to minise stress…..what to do. A practicle self help booklet. | ||
| Out of a tragedy came a vision. | Vincent Swan | 1-8735612-4 | 2003 | ||
Please contact us if you wish to borrow any of these resources:
Helen Moore
EDCVS
19 Donaldson Crescent
Kirkintilloch
G66 1XF
0141 578 0291
Helen.Moore@eastdunbartonshirecvs.org.uk
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