From the editor: Survivors of Suicide is a helping guide for those family and friends left behind when a loved one commits suicide. The grief of a suicide takes different form than other types of death, and can include Post Traumatic Stress syndrome. For those who lose loved ones to suicide, however, help is available. Also, new research on how the brain works and the role that genetics plays in depression and suicide not only sheds light on why people take their own lives, but offers hope, and new tools in prevention.

When people lose a loved one to suicide, they feel isolated, as if this has never happened to anyone else. But worldwide statistics on suicide tell a different story. Governments of several countries are making concerted efforts toward greater understanding of depression and suicide, leading to better preventive measures.

The historical perspective on depression and suicide is nothing to be proud of, but the understanding today among health professionals, religious bodies, and enlightened citizenry, in itself, offers comfort to the bereaved.

Survivors of Suicide includes:

Help and understanding for survivors.
Words of comfort from survivors.
How you can help someone who loses a loved one to suicide.
The latest medical research on depression and suicide.
How military veterans suffer more depression than is acknowledged.
What groups are most at risk for suicide.
Debates on the differences between euthanasia and suicide.
Why the elderly, especially men, are the most prone to suicide.
How youth suicide is increasing.
Why suicide notes are meaningless.
Why every suicide threat should be taken seriously.
Directory of resources for help, including on-line resources.
And more...

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