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Books recommended below address the topics of suicide and self-harm, treatments and prevention, and real life stories from those who have overcome both. If you are in immediate crisis, please call BC's Crisis Line at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433). For more books on this topic, use the Suggested Catalogue Searches below.
Recommended Titles
Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
616.858 G77f
Self Mutilation Treatment. Cutting (Self-mutilation)
Helping Teens Who Cut: Understanding and Ending Self-Injury
618.92858 H73h
Self-mutilation in Adolescence. Cutting (Self-mutilation). Dialectical Behavior Therapy
How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention
362.28 B64h
Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Prevention
How Not to Fall Apart: Lessons Learned on the Road from Self-Harm to Self-Care
616.89 V25h
Mental Health Treatment. Self-care, Health
Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn't Over
YA362.28 B64p
Project Semicolon (Organization). Suicide — United States — Prevention. Self-help Groups
The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Suicidal Despair to Hope
362.28 B46s
Suicide Prevention. Mental Health Promotion. Autobiographies
Why People Die by Suicide
362.28 J74w
Suicide Victims — Family Relationships. Children of Suicide Victims