Suicide Prevention Month - Young Adults

Created on August 17, 2022, 3:51 pm

Last Updated September 24, 2023, 4:59 pm

September is Suicide Prevention Month — a time to raise awareness and discuss this highly stigmatized topic. In addition to shifting public perception, we use this month to spread hope and vital information to people affected by suicide. Suicidal thoughts, much like mental health condition s, can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or background. In fact, suicide is often the result of an untreated mental health condition. Suicidal thoughts, although common, should not be considered normal and often indicate more serious issues. If you or someone you know needs support now, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

41) We are the ants

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Hutchinson, Shaun David

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Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: the world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button. Only he isn't sure he wants to. Life hasn't been great for Henry: his mom is held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke; his brother is a jobless dropout. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend's suicide last year. Weighing the...

42) A world without you

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"...Beth Revis guides readers through the mind of a young man struggling to process his grief as he fights his way through his delusions. As Bo becomes more and more determined to save Sofia, he has to decide whether to face his demons head-on, or succumb to a psychosis that will let him be with the girl he loves."--

43) chinese handcuffs

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44) Por trece razones

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Clay Jensen wishes he didn't have to deal with the cassettes Hannah Baker recorded, because she is dead and should have taken her secrets to the grave. If he received them, then he must somehow be involved with her death. What he hears on them will change his life and the lives of his friends forever. Clay es una joven que recibe una misteriosa caja con siete casetes en los que Hannah Baker, una chica que se ha suicidado hace apenas algunos días,...

45) Thirteen reasons why: a novel

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When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

46) Depression: a teen's guide to survive and thrive

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Toner, Jacqueline B

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"A guidebook for teenagers who are depressed or at risk for depression, [discussing] depression and [providing] guidance on cognitive behavioral therapy principles to help teens take a problem-solving, strategy-based approach to deal with depressed moods, thoughts, and behavior"--Amazon.com.

47) The becoming of Noah Shaw

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Hodkin, Michelle

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Shaw Confessions volume 1

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After the murder of his father, Noah Shaw uses his inheritance to move to New York with his girlfriend Mara Dyer and their friends, where they investigate the suicides of other Carriers and their Gifts begin to lead them on diverging paths.

48) Just a Normal Tuesday

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For Kai, nothing will ever be normal again. Sixteen-year-old Kai's life is shattered forever by a letter from her sister, Jen, which begins, "If you are reading this, I am already gone." Jen has committed suicide. Heartbroken and furious, Kai gets caught in a downward spiral, self-medicating and lashing out. When her parents decide to send her to a summer camp for grieving teens, she resists. But eventually, sharing her feelings with kids who understand...

49) in 27 days

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50) vigilante

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Brenna, Beverley

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Fox Magic is an honest and compelling look at life from the perspective of twelve-year-old Chance Devlin. Two of her friends have committed suicide and as she struggles with her loss, she wonders if following them is the best remedy for her pain. A connection to a mysterious red fox named Janet Johnson helps her come to terms with the past, finding her courage in the power of dreams. A timely, engaging read that will help open frank discussion with...

52) project semicolon your story isn t over

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53) The astonishing color of after

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After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she's never met, determined to find her mother--who she believes turned into a bird.

54) Before I let go

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Nijkamp, Marieke

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Returning to her small Alaska home town after her bipolar best friend's death, Corey uncovers chilling secrets about the townspeople and their treatment of Kyra prior to her drowning.

55) Dear Evan Hansen

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The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky, the film is written for the screen by the show's Tony winner Steven Levenson with music and lyrics by the shows Oscar,...

56) Dear Evan Hansen: the novel

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Evan goes from being a nobody to everyone's hero and a social media superstar after a chance encounter with Connor just before his suicide leads others to believe Evan was his only friend.

57) In sight of stars

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A teen's road to mental wellness begins when he wakes up in a mental health facility following a break.Why is 17-year-old Klee Alden (pronounced "clay," like the painter) facing two weeks at the Adolescent Inpatient Center at Northhollow? Klee feels guilty about his father's suicide. His sense of inadequacy is heartbreaking: if Klee had tried harder, maybe his father would still be here. His father suffered from undiagnosed depression. Is Klee, whose...

58) Neanderthal opens the door to the universe

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Norton, Preston

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Nearly a year after his brother's suicide, sixteen-year-old Cliff "Neanderthal" Hubbard gets recruited to make life better at Happy Valley High by the school's quarterback, who claims he had a vision from God.

59) Undead girl gang: a novel

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While investigating the supposed suicides of her best friend Riley and mean girls June and Dayton, sixteen-year-old Wiccan Mila Flores accidentally brings them back to life.

60) some hell

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