Touched By Suicide

Publisher Description

Whether you are struggling with fresh grief at a loved oneas death by suicide or your loss happened years ago, you should know that you are not alone. 5 million Americans are affectedadirectly or indirectlyaby this tragedy each year. And it sends us on a lifelong search for answers, both to the practical questions and the deepest question of all: Why? In this definitive guide book, Michael F. Myers, MD, a leading psychiatrist, and Carla Fine, author of the acclaimed "No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One," combine their perspectives as a physician and a survivor to offer compassionate and practical advice to anyone affected by suicide. BACKCOVER: Advance Praise for "Touched by Suicide": ? aEach year suicide claims tens of thousands of lives, but its victims extend far beyond the annual statistical sum. It is the living, those loved ones left behind to answer the unanswerable and move on with life, who surely are the victims as well. To them, "Touched by Suici