Understanding Suicide
A National Epidemic
Published on 1. August 2016
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-1-4677-8570-9 (ISBN)
Description
What causes people to take their lives? How can suicides be prevented? Looking beyond common myths and misconceptions, Understanding Suicide examines common risk factors including mental illness, substance abuse, domestic abuse, and bullying.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Young adult
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Seventh Grade to Twelfth Grade, Reading Age: From 13 to 14 years, Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Library binding
Illustrations
Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4677-8570-9 (9781467785709)
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E-Book
08/2016
Twenty-First Century Books
€65.49
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08/2016
Lerner Publishing Group
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Person
Connie Goldsmith is a registered nurse with a bachelor of science degree in nursing and a master of public administration degree in health care. She has written numerous books for YA readers and nearly two hundred magazine articles. Her recent books include Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service(2020), a Junior Library Guild selection; Running on Empty: Sleeplessness in American Teens (2021); Understanding Coronaviruses: SARS, MERS, and the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021); and Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster (2014), a Junior Library Guild selection, a Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, an Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California Distinguished Book, and an SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner. She lives in Sacramento, California. Visit her website at http: //www.conniegoldsmith.com/.