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Summary: A grieving father seeks answers after his fourteen-year-old son dies by suicide. He uncovers painful truths about the lives of teens, the impact of unfettered access to internet and social media, and the shocking rise of depression among America's youth. The journey brings him together with young suicide survivors, prevention experts, and parents trying to understand the 70% increase in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TEL

Goldsmith, Connie

Summary: What causes people to take their lives? How can suicides be prevented? Looking beyond common myths and misconceptions, Understanding Suicide examines common risk factors including mental illness, substance abuse, domestic abuse, and bullying.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.2 GOL

Breggin, Peter Roger

Summary: In a study of the side effects of psychotropic drugs that are being used to treat a variety of mental and emotional ailments, it looks at the influence of antidepressants, stimulants and tranquilizers in a scathing indictment of the pharmaceutical industry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 BRE

Butler, Blake

Summary: "Blake Butler and Molly Brodak instantly connected, fell in love, married and built a life together. Both writers with deep roots in contemporary American literature, their union was an iconic joining of forces between two major and beloved talents. Nearly three years into their marriage, grappling with mental illness and a lifetime of trauma, Molly took her own life. In the days and weeks...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Archway Editions 2023

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Maden, Mike

Summary: "While on vacation in Barcelona, Jack Ryan, Jr. is surprised to run into an old friend at a small café. At first, Renee Moore seems surprised to see Jack, but then she just seems irritated and distracted. After making plans to meet later, Jack leaves, only to miss the opportunity to ever speak to Renee again, as the café is destroyed minutes later by a suicide bomber. A desperate Jack plunges...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MAD

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAD

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAD

Case, Anne

Summary: "This book documents the decline of white-working class lives over the last half-century and examines the social and economic forces that have slowly made these lives more difficult. Case and Deaton argue that market and political power in the United States have moved away from labor towards capital-as unions have weakened and politics have become more favorable to business, corporations have...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.28 CAS

Linehan, Marsha

Summary: Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT, using her own struggle to develop life skills for others.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINEHAN, MARSHA LIN

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