Free Electronic Resources:
My Community NM (Formerly the Salud Manual) provides information on a broad range of social services including mental health counseling for uninsured, under-insured, Spanish-speaking individuals, and immigrants for several New Mexico counties: Saludmanual.org
From the American Association of Suicidology: A Handbook for Survivors of Suicide
From the Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Coalition:
After an Attempt: The Emotion Impact of a Suicide Attempt on Families
From the New Mexico Suicide Prevention Coalition: After Your Suicide Attempt: Deciding to Live
NM/National Resource List Handout (2 pages): Resource List – MS Word
From the QPR Institute, free e-book: Suicide: The Forever Decision by Dr. Paul Quinnett
From the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention: Surviving a Suicide Loss: A Financial Guide
Lending Library
The NMSPC has recently established a lending library of suicide prevention books. Coalition members are eligible to borrow or buy materials from the coalition. Titles include:
Suicide: The Forever Decision, Paul G. Quinnette
Why People Die by Suicide, Thomas Joiner
Living with the Unimaginable: Life in the Aftermath of Murder-Suicide, Tawna Righter
Night Falls Fast, Kat Redfield Jamison
An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison
Choosing to Live: How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy, T. Ellis & C. Newman
How I Stayed Alive when My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person’s Guide to Suicide Prevention, Susan Rose Blauner
Bipolar No More, Michelle J. Holtby
Children of Jonah: Personal Stories of Survivors of Suicide Attempts, James T. Clemens
Waking Up Alive: The Descent, The Suicide Attempt & The Return to Life, Richard Heckler
Free Newsletters:
Keep up to date on all the latest news and research by subscribing to the Weekly Spark, the SPRC (Suicide Prevention Resource Center) e-mail. Visit http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/sprc to sign up.
