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Dead Serious
Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide | Jane Mersky Leder
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My brother took his own life on his thirtieth birthday. My life has never been the same. Thirty plus years after publishing the first edition of Dead Serious, this second completely revised and updated edition covers new ground: bullying, social media, LGBTQ teens, suicide prevention programs, and more. Scores of teens share their stories that are often filled with hurt, disappointment, shameyet often hope. Written for teens, adults and educators, Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide explores the current cultural and social landscape and how the pressure-filled lives of teens today can lead to anxiety, depressionsuicide. Leders own journey of discovery after her brothers suicide informs her goal of helping to prevent teen suicide by empowering teens who are suffering and teens who can serve as peer leaders and connectors to trusted adults. The skyrocketing number of teens who take their own lives makes Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide more relevant and important than ever. Talking about suicide does not make matters worse. What makes matters worse is not talking.
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Sarahreadstoomuch
Sarahreadstoomuch
Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide | Jane Mersky Leder
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Looking forward to #HauntedShelf starting in just a few days! Go Team #DeadSerious! Here are my answers for this or that:
1) Werewolves 🐺 2) Thriller 😱 3) Salted Caramel 🍮 4) Funny Costume 😆 5) Chocolate 🍫 6) Apple Picking 🍎 7) Sweater 👚 8) Corn Maze 🌽 9) hand out candy 🍬 @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 Awesome answers! I hope it‘s a fun month for us! 5mo
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tjwill
tjwill
Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide | Jane Mersky Leder
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This is the other heavy book I‘m reading right now, so I can only read little bits at a time. I recommend it because it has useful anecdotes and suggestions for how to talk about certain topics.

I want to see my students graduate and grow up to have bright futures. That‘s a heavy weight when several are suffering from depression. 💕 #teachersofLitsy

cherinium I may have to look into that one. My 13 year old niece just attempted suicide last week. Thankfully she was unsuccessful and is receiving the treatment she needs, but I'm worried sick that she will try again. 💔 6y
tjwill @cherinium I‘m so sorry for what your niece and your family are going through. I think this book is helpful for knowing what to say and how to join a conversation, even though we usually want to shut down suicidal talk. Those thoughts may always be there for some people, so ignoring it isn‘t helpful. It can be hard to know what to say, though. I‘m glad she‘s getting treatment! (edited) 6y
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Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide | Jane Mersky Leder
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These are the nonfiction books I got about mental health and depression. The top one won‘t end up in my classroom because I realized it‘s too mature for middle school, and the tagged book is more for educators and adults helping teens, but I have high hopes that some students will want to read the others.

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[tagged book](Don't) Call Me Crazy: 30+ Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health
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[tagged book]Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn't Over
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[tagged book]Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
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[tagged book]Reasons to Stay Alive
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PirateJenny Matt Haig has a follow up coming out early next year. 6y
RainyDayReading May want to check out this book as well, it helped me quite a bit.
[tagged book]If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
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Reviewsbylola I‘m reading the Haig for #mcwithaninvisibleillness for #booked2018 6y
tjwill @PirateJenny Cool, thanks! I just read his novel How to Stop Time and loved it. He also posts useful stuff on his Twitter feed. @Reviewsbylola 6y
tjwill @RainyDayReading I will, thanks! 6y
PirateJenny @Reviewsbylola 💕 6y
PirateJenny @tjwill He really does. I have bipolar and I love him. I haven't gotten to HTST yet, but I'll be working on the paperback 6y
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