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Link to Crossbow's even longer list of Depression resources

More than you needed to know:

Crossbow's list of depression resources.

"You can survive suicidal feelings if you do either of two things: (1) find a way to reduce your pain, or (2) find a way to increase your coping resources. Both are possible."


Hotline in the US: 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)

Hotline in the England: 08457 90 90 90

If you are thinking about suicide, read this first! http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

S.A.V.E. (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) Website (American) - includes warning signs, how to talk to someone who is suicidal, Grief, Q&A, a depression checklist, why people do it. http://www.save.org/
SAVE's link page: http://www.save.org/linkspage.shtml

Samaritans Website (U.K.) - http://www.samaritans.org.uk/

Befrienders International Website - links to sites all over the world. http://www.suicide-helplines.org/uk.htm

WebMB resources page: http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/5/1663_50606

Another very extensive directory of resources at Teradex: http://directory.teradex.com/Health_Fitness/Mental_Health/Disorders/Suicide/Support_ Groups

The Open Directory Project (currently listing 55 Suicide support goups and 278 listings for Depression) http://dmoz.org/Health/Mental_Health...upport_Groups/

Psychiatric articles: [URL=http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/index.asp?sec=sres&criteria=suicide%20AND%20prevention]http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/index.asp?sec=sres&criteria=suicide%20AND%20prevention[/ URL]

Books (S.A.V.E.'s recommended reading list)
Depression & Other Brain Illnesses

Adults:

Understanding Depression - A Complete Guide to Its Diagnosis & Treatment By Donald F. Klein, M.D. & Paul H. Wender, M.D.
Questions & Answers About Depression and Its Treatment By Ivan K. Goldberg, M.D.
Overcoming Depression By Demitri Papolos, M.D. & Janice Papolos
The Broken Brain By Nancy Andreasen, M.D.
You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way By Collette Dowling
On the Edge of Darkness By Kathy Cronkite
Triumph Over Fear By Jerilynn Ross
Surviving Schizophrenia By E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs By Jack M. Gorman, M.D.
Undoing Depression - What Therapy Doesn�t Teach You and Medication Can�t Give You By Richard O�Connor, Ph.D.
Choosing To Live - How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy By Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D.& Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life By Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
When Going Through Hell�.Don�t Stop! By Douglas Bloch

Children & Adolescents:

No One Saw My Pain - Why Teens Kill Themselves By Andrew Slaby, M.D. & Lili Frank Garfinkel
Helping Your Depressed Teenager - A Guide for Parents & Caregivers By Gerald D. Oster, Ph.D. & Sarah S. Montgomery, MSW
Helping Your Depressed Child - A Reassuring Guide to the Causes & Treatments of Childhood & Adolescent Depression By Lawrence L. Kearns, M.D.
It's Nobody's Fault - New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents By Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D.
Depression in the Young � What We Can Do to Help Them By Trudy Carlson
Sad Days, Glad Days By DeWitt Hamilton (a storybook for children about adult depression)
When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens By Bev Cobain
Depression - Challenge the Beast Within Yourself and Win By Cait Irwin

Suicide

Night Falls Fast By Kay Redfield Jamison
Suicide: Survivors - A Guide for Those Left Behind By Adina Wrobleski
Suicide: Why? By Adina Wrobleski
Suicide: The Forever Decision - For Those Thinking About Suicide, and For Those Who Know, Love, or Counsel Them By Paul G. Quinnett
Suicide: Intervention & Therapy - Undoing the Forever Decision By Paul G. Quinnett
Preventing Youth Suicide - A Handbook for Educators & Human Service Professionals By Marcia L. McEvoy and Alan W. McEvoy
Child Survivors of Suicide: A Guidebook for Those Who Care for Them By Rebecca Parkin with Karen Dunne-Maxim
Suicide Survivors' Handbook By Trudy Carlson
The Tender Land: A Family Love Story By Kathleen Finneran
After Suicide By John Hewitt
Why Suicide? By Eric Marcus
No One Saw My Pain - Why Teens Kill Themselves By Andrew Slaby, M.D. & Lili Frank Garfinkel (over)
Bart Speaks Out � Breaking the Silence on Suicide; an interactive storybook/workbook for children By Linda Goldman, M.S.
When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens By Bev Cobain
Choosing To Live � How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy By Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D.& Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.

Autobiographies

An Unquiet Mind By Kay Redfield Jamison
Darkness Visible - A Memoir of Madness By William Styron
The Beast - A Reckoning with Depression By Tracy Thompson
A Brilliant Madness By Patty Duke
Conquering the Beast Within By Cait Irwin

Grief After Suicide

Suicide: Survivors - A Guide for Those Left Behind By Adina Wrobleski
Child Survivors of Suicide: A Guidebook for Those Who Care for Them
By Rebecca Parkin with Karen Dunne-Maxim
Suicide Survivors' Handbook By Trudy Carlson
After Suicide By John Hewitt
Tragedy to Triumph By Reuel Nygaard
A Grief Observed By C.S. Lewis
My Son, My Son By Iris Bolton
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One By Ann Smolin, C.S.W. and John Guinan, Ph.D.
The Grieving Child: A Parent's Guide By Helen Fitzgerald
When Dinosaurs Die - A Guide to Understanding Death (a storybook for children)
By Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown
Helping Children Grieve By Theresa Huntley
Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child By Earl A. Grollman
The Suicide of My Son - A Story of Childhood Depression By Trudy Carlson
Bart Speaks Out � Breaking the Silence on Suicide; an interactive storybook/workbook for children By Linda Goldman, M.S.
But I Didn't Say Goodbye By Barbara Rubel

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline Personality and Addictive Disorders: An interactive self-help guide
by Ph.D. Joseph Santoro, Ph.D. Ronald Cohen (Contributor)

I Hate You - Don't leave me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
-- Jerold J. Kriesman, Hal Straus

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping when Someone you care about has Borderline Personality Disorder
-- Paul T. Mason, et al

New Hope for People with Borderline Personailty Disorder: Your friendly, authoritative guide to the latest in traditional and complementary solutions
Neil R. Bockian, et al; Paperback

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderlline Personality Disorder
by Marsha Linehan

Lost in the mirror: an inside look at the borderline personality disorder
by Richard A. Moskovitz M.D.

Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
by John F. Clarkin (Author), et al

Even More Crisis Lines:

Suicide Hotline Numbers
"If you are thinking about suicide... Read this first": from Metanoia.org

Hope Line Network: (800) SUICIDE
Crisis Counseling: (800) 999-9999
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): (toll free) (866) 615-6464
National Foundation for Depressive Illness: (800) 239-1265
National Mental Health Association: (800) 969-6642
Suicide Prevention (800) SUICIDE
Covenant House Hotline: (800) 999-9999
Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line: (800) 448-3000 or (800) 448-1833 (TDD)
In the UK:The Samaritans 08457 90 90 90
In Ireland:The Samaritans 1850 60 90 90
International Suicide Helpline Numbers

Domestic and Child Abuse
Friends of Battered Women and Their Children: (800) 603-HELP
National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE, (800) 787-3224 (TDD)
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network: (800) 656-4673
Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 422-4453
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
Child Find of American Hotline: (800) I-AM-LOST (1-800-426-5678)
Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 677-1116

Addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous (212) 870-3400
Narcotics Anonymous (818) 773-9999
Focus on Recovery Helpline (Alcohol & Drug Treatment): (800) 234-0246
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group Services: (800) 356-9996, (888) 4AL-ANON
National Helpline: (800) COCAINE
Substance Abuse Treatment: (800) 622-HELP
National Association for Children of Alcoholics: (888) 554-COAS
Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education: (800) 279-6361

Elder Care
American Association of Retired Persons: (800) 424-2277
Eldercare Locator Information and Referral Line: (800) 677-1116
Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 879-6682
Hospice Education Institute: (800) 331-1620
Medicare Telephone Hotline: (800) MEDICARE
National Council on Aging: (800) 424-9046
National Institute on Aging Information Center: (800) 222-2225
Service Corps of Retired Executives Association: (800) 634-0245

Missing Children
Child Find: (800) I-AM-LOST
Child Help USA Information Center: (800) 4A-CHILD
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
National Child Watch Campaign: (800) 222-1464
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence: (800) 422-4453 (child abuse); (800) 799-7233 (domestic violence); (800) 787-3244 (TTY)
Vanished Children's Alliance: (800) 826-4743

Volunteering
American Red Cross: (800) HELP-NOW
Make a Wish Foundation: (800) 722-9474
Organ Donor Hotline: (630) 758-2600
Volunteers of America: (800) 899-0089

Continue away with the discussion.

wanderer78

Thanks for starting this.

~*katinthehat*~

thank you for starting.

Ok so alot has been going on lately. I cut pretty badly yesturday, cuts and blood everywhere. I am so addicted.

I have been diagnoised as Borderline Personality Disorder among high anxiety and major depression. Ugh, it's so hard to be in school right now, i just feel as if i can't do it. It's too difficult. I feel so alone right now. I know people who self harm but they just don't discuss it but i do only because i have become more comfortable, i don't know, i just hate myself and my life so much. I just want to escape or run away.

Thanks everyone for your concern and help. s it means the world to me. Thanks for just being there. It's nice to know someone can relate.

***isy***

kat -

i'm not functioning that well right now, too much personal/family stuff going on, plus my dad's death anniversary is this saturday so that always brings me a bit sad.

anyways hope everyone else is ok...or better than i am at least.

Ozilline

*Wow* I haven't been to FF in a long time. I decided to read this read and I was so surprised to read a post about SI. There was an SI thread on FF a few years ago and it was removed due to liability issues. I was so sad b/c the group that posted on that thread were so supportive and close and I don't know what happened to any of them. If you were part of that group and you're here, I hope you're doing alright.

katinthehat: Hang in there.

wanderer78

kat I hope everything is OK.

isy, I'm sorry about the anniversary. Make sure to talk to someone right.

Ozilline, welcome back. What was the "SI" thread?

Ozilline

wanderer78: SI stands for Self-Injury. There was a support thread for those who self-injured ie cutting, burning etc.

edited for spelling

***isy***

pia - am doing good, i actually went through it like it was another day. do you have livejournal?

hello everyone, hope ur doing great....

Anabela

Hi

I've been feeling miserable for some time. Usually, I spill my guts all over FF. I usually would talk to people here, and on my LJ. But this crisis was so bad that I decided to leave my LJ and FF. I couldn't talk about it. I still can't.
It was 2 weeks ago and I am still not ok. I feel a little better because I feel some people want to help me, but they're not being very successful. And now I'm feeling I'm letting them down. The first of them is my boyfriend. I can't sleep at night and I usually don't let him sleep because I want to talk and I want to cry. He listens to me for hours every day and I feel he's losing his patience. He's someone that usually sleeps many hours, about 10 to 12 hours everyday. But in these last 2 weeks, he's not sleeping more than 3 to 5 hours. And yesterday he said he spent the day with a headache. I feel guilty.
I decided to go back to FF and LJ because I want to focus on something besides myself. I overanalyse every little thing about my life. And that's not helping me.

I want to sleep tonight, badly.

Isy: I hope you're ok.

kat: it's important that you were diagnosed. Maybe now the right therapy will help you.
I also want to escape or runaway. I don't want to die, but it would be great to go away, without telling anyone. I would go to some place where nobody knows me and I would start fresh. New job, new friends, a new life in a new place. It would be so good to leave everything behind.
When I told my boyfriend this, he freaked out. He said that a lot of people love me and a lot of people would be worried sick. He made me feel selfish. But for a long time, I felt that if I disapeared, nobody would even notice I was gone. And that's a terrible feeling.

My latest fantasy about escaping is to check in to a motel just for one night. To spend some time alone, far from everybody. I would come back the next day, but that would be my night on my own. I still think I could do that.

I hope you're feeling better than I am.

Jay

i'm not depressive, though sometimes, i feel like that. anyways...how are ya all hanging?

Quarterley

Yeah, me too. Especially now.

marica

hi, i just want to say that i really hope the best for you guys, ive never felt like you do, but i do sincerely hope things get better

Robsessed_MeesterManic

I think i suffer from OCD actually, I'm still taking pills and all for a while already to curb it and I think it's getting slightly better than now, but really I hope to be able to regain my self-confidence again so i can get back to school from my break, which is the reason why I have to take a break in the first place.

Btw, I hope all you other guys are still hanging in there.

fetch

I don't come here enough. Sorry
Do you guys have friends who are also depressive or are most of your friends happy? Most of my friends (not that I have many, but anyway) are also depressed in some way or another, and seeing them down usually gets me down, too. Don't really know what to do about that.

***isy***

dropping by to say a quick