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Mental Health and Behavior

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Mental Disorders: Anxiety Disorders | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Autism Spectrum Disorders | Bipolar Disorder | Child Behavior Disorders | Depression | Dissociative Disorders | Eating Disorders | Factitious Disorders | Impulse Control Disorders | Mental Retardation | Personality Disorders | Reactive Attachment Disorder | Schizophrenia | Sexual Disorders | Somatoform Disorders

Substance Abuse: General Substance Abuse | Substance Abuse by Juveniles |Treatment of Substance Abuse | Specific Abused Substances

Other Topics: General Mental Health | Treatment of Mental Disorders | Grief | Stress | Suicide | Co-Dependency and Dysfunctional Families

Suicide   

(Jump to: Assisted Suicide | Child & Teen Suicide | General Information | Help )

Help
1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)
If You Are Thinking About Suicide ... Read This First:Mental Help Net
Lonely? Trapped? Hopeless? Alone? When it seems like there is no hope, there is help:SAMHSA

General Information
Suicide:MHA
Suicide Warning Signs:SAMHSA
Suicidal Behavior:Merck Manual, Home Edition
Understanding Suicide:CDC
Understanding Suicidal Thinking:DBSA
Understanding and Helping the Suicidal Individual:American Association of Suicidology [PDF]
Suicide and Suicidal Thoughts:Mayo Clinic
Healthy Minds Episode 12: Suicide Prevention:NARSAD [Video]
Suicide: Taking Care of Yourself After an Attempt (Moving Ahead After Your Treatment in the Emergency Department):NAMI [PDF]
Suicide: Taking Care of Yourself & Your Family After an Attempt (Family Guide for Your Relative in the Emergency Department):NAMI [PDF]
Surviving Suicide Loss:American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Suicide:MedlinePlus

Child and Teen Suicide
Let's Talk Facts About Teen Suicide:American Psychiatric Association
Suicidal Behavior (in young people):Merck Manual, Home Edition
Suicide in Youth:NAMI
Teen Suicide:MHA
Youth Suicide Fact Sheet:National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Suicide:Nemours Foundation [for Teens]
About Teen Suicide:Nemours Foundation [for Parents]
Coping With Teen Suicide:netLibrary [for Teens]

Assisted Suicide
Ethics in Medicine: Physician-Assisted Suicide:University of Washington School of Medicine
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia:Beth Israel Medical Center
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia:American Geriatrics Society
Physician-assisted Suicide:netLibrary

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