"When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone, when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on. Don't let yourself go, 'cause eveybody cries and eveybody hurts sometimes"
Michael Stipe, R.E.M
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This blog has been set up to highlight the issue of Suicide. Suicide is one of the most underestimated community health problems in the world yet it is still viewed as a taboo topic where denial, avoidance and secrecy remain common. This blog aims to develop awareness of this issue. It's time to "Step out of the darkness and into the light".
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What would you do if you were having suicidal thoughts?
Why are men more at risk of dying through suicide than women?
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Recommended books and articles
- "Mental Health Matters: A Mental Health Resource Pack" Publisher: Mental Health Ireland (2001) Email: info@mhai.ie
- Reach Out: National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention (2005) www.hse.ie/en/publications
- "A Special Scar: The Experience of People Bereaved by Suicide", Alison Wertheimer (2001) Publisher: Brunner-Routledge, Philadelphia
- "Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide", Earl A.Grollman and Max Malikow (1999) Publishers: Beacon, Boston
- "Death and Loss- Compassionate Approaches in the Classroom", Oliver Leaman (1995) Publisher: Cassell
- "Suicide Bereavement and Loss: Perspectives and Responses", Luke Monaghan (1999) Publisher: IAPCE, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin
- "Echoes of Suicide" Siobhan Foster Ryan and Luke Monaghan, (2001) Publisher: Veritas Publications,Dublin
- "Healing Your Grieving Heart Teens: 100 Practical Ideas, Alan D.Wolfelt (2001) Publisher: Companion Press
- "Deliberate Self-harm in Adolescence" Claudine Fox and Keith Hawton(2000) Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
- "When a friend dies- A book for Teens about Grieving and Healing" Marilyn Grootman (1994) Publisher: Beacon Press
- "Straight Talk about death for Teenagers" Earl Grollman(1993) Publisher: Beacon Press
- Bolton, L(1993)" My son...my son...A guide to healing after death, loss or suicide"
- Professor Anthony Clare: "On men: Masculinity in Crisis" (Chatto & Windus, 2000)
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