West Routt Library District

Poems written in the voices of forty-seven people, including students, teachers, and other school staff, record the aftermath of a high school student's suicide and the preoccupations of teen life.

Suicide is a public health issue of significant concern nationally and in the state of Colorado. The adolescent population is a particularly vulnerable group which is in many ways less understood than adults, and whose suicides rank high in terms of years of life lost. Additionally, suicides in this population could be more easily preventable through parental interaction and limiting access to lethal means.

Since 2009, Colorado has seen an almost yearly increase in the number of suicide deaths. Between 2015 and 2017 in Colorado, there were 222 suicide deaths of young people between the ages of 10 and 18. Of those deaths, 67.6 percent were male (150 deaths) and 32.4 percent were female (72 deaths). Interviews gathered information about youth suicide in each community, such as activities and efforts related to prevention, the current impact of suicide...

"Recounting his bright but troubled youth, DeQuincy Lezine offers a candid description of his deteriorating state of mind in college and how it led him to formulate a detailed suicide plan. Hard-earned wisdom then becomes practical advice for other young people: in easy-to-understand language, and drawing on the psychiatric expertise of David Brent, M.D., Lezine offers information on how to seek psychiatric treatment, how to get the most out of professional...

Features first-person stories from adolescents who are confronting depression, anxiety, and mental illness. Provides a rare and important look at mental illness among young adults through their stories, emotional struggles, and their lives in crises. Explores treatments, mental health testing, and community healing programs to give parents and educators a basis for recognizing the warning signs of teens in trouble. Not rated; contains frank discussions...

Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisioning of the gender system as we know it. Here, Bornstein bravely and wittily shares personal and unorthodox methods of survival in an often cruel world. A one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive outside the box, Hello, Cruel World is a much-needed unconventional approach to life for...

Between 2006 and 2016, the teen suicide rate in America increased by 70 percent. Suicide has become one of the leading causes of death for American teens, and many young people must contend with their own suicidal thoughts alongside the life-shattering consequences of classmates, friends, and family members dying by suicide. This must-have volume is filled with resources for how to manage depression and suicidal impulses, as well as how to heal from...