Why suicide? : questions and answers about suicide, suicide prevention, and coping with the suicide of someone you know / Eric Marcus.
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TextPublication details: New York : HarperOne ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2010.Description: xiii, 226 p. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0062003917 (pbk.)
- 9780062003911 (pbk.)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In our lifetimes 85 percent of us will have some up-close experience with the suicide of someone we know. And more than 20 percent of us will have a family member die by suicide. Journalist Eric Marcus knows this better than most people. In 1970, his father took his life at the age of 44. In 2008, his 49-year-old sister-in-law jumped to her death from a high-rise building.
In a completely revised and updated edition of the landmark original, Eric Marcus offers thoughtful answers to scores of questions about this complex, painful issue from how to recognize the signs of someone who is suicidal to strategies for coping in the aftermath of a loved one's death.
Drawing from his own experience, as well as interviews with people who have been touched by suicide, Eric Marcus cuts through the veil of silence and misunderstanding to bring clarity, reassurance, and comfort to those who so desperately need it.
Originally published: New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996.