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Touched by Suicide

Hope and Healing After Loss

Michael F. Myers - Author

Carla Fine - Author

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ISBN 9781592402281 | 320 pages | 07 Sep 2006 | Gotham Trade Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
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A leading clinician in the field joins the acclaimed author of No Time to Say Goodbye to share groundbreaking guidance with everyone affected by suicide.

Whether you are struggling with fresh grief at a loved one’s death by suicide or your loss happened years ago, you should know that you are not alone. 5 million Americans are affected—directly or indirectly—by this tragedy each year. And it sends us on a lifelong search for answers, both to the practical questions and the deepest question of all: Why? In this definitive guide book, Michael F. Myers, MD, a leading psychiatrist, and Carla Fine, author of the acclaimed No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One, combine their perspectives as a physician and a survivor to offer compassionate and practical advice to anyone affected by suicide.
Touched by Suicide Foreword
by Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.

Introduction
Making Sense of Suicide

Part One
What Happened? The Aftermath of Suicide

1. The Devastation of Suicide
2. Searching for Reasons

Part Two
What Can I Do? Practical Suggestions for Healing

3. Protecting Your Health
4. Keeping Your Family Together
5. Telling Your Children
6. Coping with Specific Circumstances
7. Reaching Out for Support
8. Getting Help from Mental Health Professionals

Part Three
How Can I Go On? Finding Meaning after Suicide

9. Suicide, Religion, and Spirituality
10. Life-Preserving Ingishts into Suicide and Attempted Suicide
11. Erasing the Stigma of Suicide

Conclusion>
Breaking the Silence, Easing the Pain
Appendix A: Resource Directory
Appendix B: Bibliography
Index


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