Teen Suicide (Coping)

Murphy, James M.

ISBN 10: 0823928241 ISBN 13: 9780823928248

Publisher: Rosen Pub Group, 1999

Synopsis

Explains the causes and consequences of suicide and suggests ways of dealing with problems, preventing suicide, and coping with the suicide of a loved one.

About this title

From the Author

I don't want you to kill yourself now or in the future. I wrote this book because I think there is a way for you, if you are teenager who is having thoughts of suicide, to change your feelings and your situation, find constructive ways to cope with stress and frustration, overcome depression, not think of killing yourself and, instead, to want to live and to enjoy life. If you are a teenager who is not having thoughts of suicide, being aware of what leads to thoughts of suicide will help you prevent yourself from suddenly becoming suicidal and, in addition, exploring all of the facets of the path to a happy life will reinforce your wanting to live.

Suicide is an unpleasant and frightening topic because suicide kills people. There is a fear that if people think about or talk about suicide, they will commit suicide. True, those people who have killed themselves have thought about it. But, closing our eyes to the topic of suicide does not make it go away. Suicide is the second or third leading cause of death of teenagers.

If your parents or teachers get upset if they find you reading about suicide, this may be an opportunity for you to talk with them or with a counselor about your stress, frustration, depression, or questions about whether or not life is worth living.

About the Author

I've always been interested in talking with people, especially troubled people. I counseled families and teenagers as a youth director in a church and then as a parish minister. I took training as a chaplain and counseled patients in mental hospitals and inmates in prisons. I went to medical school and took a residency in psychiatry.

I am interested in you as a "Total Person"--a person with a mind, a body, a spirit and social relationships. Your body is what expresses your feelings, and I have a special interest in nonverbal communication and trained in dance and movement therapy.

I have a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary and an M.D. degree from New York University College of Medicine. I am a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Association of Pastoral Counselors, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Dance Therapy Association, National Association for Poetry Therapy, and the American Psychosomatic Society. I have taught and supervised students in a therapy training program; have presented numerous papers and workshops at annual conferences of professional organizations; and have written books, chapters in books, and many articles in magazines and professional journals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rosen Pub Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0823928241
• ISBN 13: 9780823928248
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 125