Frank Carlson Library

A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage.

When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.

"After Sharkey's best friend commits suicide (or was it an accident?) in front of him, he spends the summer processing his grief on an abandoned beach resort island where his dad is the caretaker"-- Three years ago JC (aka Sharkey) saw his best friend fall off a unfinished Manhattan skyscraper. Suicide, or accident? He's spent the past years withdrawing from his friends, obsessively watching documentaries, and texting his dead friend. This year...

Attempt details the true story of a broken home and mental illness that led to a suicide attempt. After certain providential interventions, as detailed in the book, it becomes clear that God was still being gracious and merciful. The inspirational account details true events as they happened during a psychological crisis. It brings awareness to major depressive disorder (MDD) while giving definitions and actual examples of mental illness. This disorder...

"There Are No Two Marrows" explores, with great humour, a real modern-day dilemma. Archie, a somewhat eccentric retired coal miner with traditional northern passions and pastimes, informs his family, out of the blue, that he intends to take his own life and wants their help in celebrating it. The story traces his reasons, the impact of his decision on his dysfunctional family life, the reaction of the community and the realisation that the best-laid...

After witnessing the suicide of a popular boy on a playground at night and doing nothing to stop him, a panicked teenager drags the body to the beach and buries it, becoming trapped in a guilt spiral.

Suicide is a sensitive subject. This book is a companion book to the "Happiness Is No Charge" podcast on the emotions of suicide. This book teaches the technique discussed in that podcast, which the author has used to stop suicidal episodes. Despondency as an emotion and a depressed state can be helped and stopped with the technique in this book.Thoughts and imagining suicide have been found to stop when the emotion behind them is stopped. A person...

Discover How You Can Overcome Your Mental Illnesses Naturally, Without The Need For Pills Or Pharmaceutical Drugs! Do you suffer from mental health issues?Do you want a holistic & natural blueprint to overcome your mental health struggles?Do you want a practical guide to becoming the happiest, healthiest version of yourself?Since you're reading this, I'm guessing you answered yes to one or more of those questions, or someone you love & care for profoundly...

""You did nothing." Christine Steinmeyer thought the anonymous suicide note she found in her mailbox on Christmas Eve wasn't meant for her. But the man calling in to her radio show seems convinced otherwise. Bit by bit, strange things keep happening... it's as if someone has taken control of her life. Everything holding Christine's life together crumbles until all that is left is an unimaginable nightmare. Martin Servaz is on leave in a clinic for...

Grim statistics reveal the increase in suicide for all age groups, including teens. Trusted information on the role of depression, other mental health diagnoses, and substance abuse tell the stories behind some suicides. Divorce, child abuse, and other family problems are other risk factors. Dealing with suicidal thoughts, helping suicidal friends and family, and recovering from the suicide of a loved one are covered. This easy-to-understand guide...