suicidal behavior

A series of poems reflect the thoughts and feelings of various people-- students, the librarian, parents, the principal, and others-- about the seemingly perfect Laura Li and her life inside and out of Tower High School.

Text and accompanying photographs discuss the growing problem of teenage suicide in America and offers probable causes and means of prevention.

A study of teen suicide, examining the scope of the problem, the reasons why teenagers commit suicide, how they choose to die, and the differences in suicide rates among boys and girls, and African-Americans, whites, and Latinos; profiles three teens who committed suicide; and looks at what is and is not being done to help.

Presents opposing viewpoints on various aspects of suicide, including individual rights, physician-assisted suicide, and prevention.

Discusses possible causes for the rising rate of suicide among young people.

Presents a psychological and scientific exploration of suicide, discussing the reasons why people choose to kill themselves; and features personal essays about individual suicides, examples of methods and places people have taken their own lives, and selections from their journals, drawings, and farewell notes.

Discusses the problem of teenage suicide, including information on warning signs, myths about suicide, prevention, and the right to die debate.

Chronicles the mental breakdown of Esther Greenwood--a brilliant, beautiful, talented and successful young woman.

Examines reasons why young people kill themselves, how to recognize when friends are in such trouble, and how to help potential suicide victims.