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Suicide Awareness Month

September is Suicide Awareness Month. This month provides an opportunity to learn more and improve our understanding about suicide.

Belleville Public Library

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  • An eloquent and haunting exploration of suicide in which one of Canada's most gifted writers attempts to understand why his brother took his own life.
    BookToronto : Random House Canada, 2018. — BIO 362.28 GILG
  • Life After Suicide

    Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss

    Ashton, Jennifer
    This memoir is about surviving the suicide of a loved one, examining this dangerous epidemic and offering first-hand knowledge and advice to help family and friends find peace.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, 2019. — BIO 362.28 ASHA
  • A wonderfully moving and upbeat account of how Matt Haig survived depression and anxiety, and also a life-affirming guide to helping yourself -- and others -- through mental illness. (Publisher)
    eBookHarperCollins Canada, 2016
  • Out Came the Sun

    Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family

    Hemingway, Mariel,
    A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America's most famous families: the Hemingways.
    BookNew York, NY : Regan Arts, c2015. — 791.43 HEMH
  • Tragedy Plus Time is a revelatory, darkly funny, and poignant tribute to a lost sibling.
    eAudiobookSimon & Schuster Audio, 2018
  • Nobody ever talks about anything but the end' is a genuinely moving, funny, and inventive account of loss and grief, mental illness and suicide from Liz Levine, written in the aftermath of the deaths of her sister and best friend.
    BookToronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster, 2020. — 155.937 LevL
  • A Comprehensive Guide to Suicidal Behaviours

    Working With Individuals at Risk and Their Families

    Aldridge, David, 1947-
    This book is essential reading for anybody working with people at risk of suicide, including clinicians, therapists, psychologists, social and healthcare workers and volunteers working in suicide prevention.
    eBookLondon : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012. — 362.28 Ald
  • No Time to Say Goodbye

    Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One

    Fine, Carla
    With No Time to Say Goodbye, Fine brings suicide survival from the darkness into the light, speaking frankly and with compassion about the overwhelming feelings of confusion, guilt, shame, anger and loneliness that are shared by all…
    BookNew York : Doubleday, c1997. — 362.283 Fin