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Best books to learn Suicide and suicide prevention, in order

This path is built for the person trying to understand suicide or to help someone at risk of it — a clinician in training, a researcher, a teacher or manager who has been given responsibility they did not ask for, or someone who has lost a person and wants to understand what happened. It is a reading list about a field, not a crisis resource.

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How should I approach learning suicide and suicide prevention?
This path is built for the person trying to understand suicide or to help someone at risk of it — a clinician in training, a researcher, a teacher or manager who has been given responsibility they did not ask for, or someone who has lost a person and wants to understand what happened. It is a reading list about a field, not a crisis resource.
What's a good book to start suicide and suicide prevention with?
A strong starting point is The suicidal mind by Edwin S. Shneidman. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.

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