Eight Stories Up

An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide

DeQuincy A. Lezine, David Brent (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2008
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-532557-7 (ISBN)

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This is a book for adolescents who have contemplated suicide, or who may be at risk for doing so. As a teenager, author DeQuincy Lezine was one of the many young people each year who attempt suicide. Instead, he sought psychiatric help and went on to found the first ever campus-based chapter of the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA. In Eight Stories Up, Lezine discusses his own struggles with suicidal thoughts and provides valuable information that young people need, such as how to find professional help, what types of problems and illnesses may lead to suicidal behavioUrs, available therapies, and how to cope at home and at school.

DeQuincy A. Lezine, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide. David Brent, MD, is Academic Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he holds the Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies.

Foreword
Preface
One: Crisis
Walking into Madness
A Colossal Wave of Despair
Death on the Mind
The Jump
Saying Goodbye
One of Many in a Desolate Club
Mourning the Thousands
Two: The Background Story
Intelligent and Spirited Child Meets Urban Black World
Turbulent Beginnings
The Hidden Background Story: Biology and Genetics
"Escape" From L.A.
Three: Inside the Suicidal Mind
Darkening Thoughts
Painful Emotions
Warning Signs, Redux
Psychiatric Disorders Related to Suicide
Riding Out the Wave of Odds
Four: Getting Help
Psychotherapy
Peer Support
Medication 101
Paying for Treatment
The Bottom Line
Five: Recovery
Hospital Log
The Immediate Aftermath of a Suicidal Crisis
The Road to Recovery
Six: Finding the Phoenix: Where I Am Today
A Worse Than Average Day
The Big Picture
Rebirth: Starting Over
Rekindling Happiness From the Ashes
Find Your Inner Phoenix
Frequently Asked Questions
Glossary
Resources
Bibliography
Index

Reihe/Serie	Adolescent Mental Health Initiative
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	209 x 144 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Religion / Philosophie / Psychologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie
ISBN-10	0-19-532557-5 / 0195325575
ISBN-13	978-0-19-532557-7 / 9780195325577
Zustand	Neuware