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Eight Stories Up DeQuincy A. Lezine

Eight Stories Up By DeQuincy A. Lezine

Eight Stories Up by DeQuincy A. Lezine


Eight Stories Up Summary

Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide by DeQuincy A. Lezine

This is a book for adolescents who have contemplated suicide, or who may be at risk for doing so. As a teenager, author DeQuincy Lezine was one of the many young people each year who attempt suicide. Instead, he sought psychiatric help and went on to found the first ever campus-based chapter of the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA. In Eight Stories Up, Lezine discusses his own struggles with suicidal thoughts and provides valuable information that young people need, such as how to find professional help, what types of problems and illnesses may lead to suicidal behavioUrs, available therapies, and how to cope at home and at school.

Eight Stories Up Reviews

[This book] is a fountain dually flowing copiously with anecdotal data and technical information about suicide. Laypersons thirsting for better understanding of suicide may be quite satisfied by the book's intellectually nourishing contents. And its contents may, as well, be very healthful to those thirsting professionally for better understanding of suicide, including: psychiatrists, child psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, behavioral therapists, psychiatric nurses, neurologists, suicide prevention experts, social workers, pediatricians, primary care physicians, school nurses, drug counselors, paramedics, and mental health advocates. --Metapsychology Online Reviews For those of us who have gotten caught in the rip current of depression, Eight Stories Up is a tether, a lifeline, with which we can begin to pull ourselves back to shore. --Brent Runyon, author of The Burn Journals Eight Stories Up is a practical, useful, and compelling book that should be in every high school library and on every therapist's shelf. Lezine and Brent have taken the complex, multifaceted problem of suicide and put it into language and examples that everyone can benefit from. Eight Stories Up clears up the confusion about suicide, answers the questions so many have, and sheds light on the practical, real-life struggle of one teen who overcame the demons, myths, and horrors of mental illness. As you walk through the author's life in this book, you will relate, learn, and develop your own insights to help get you through. What a fabulous book of hope and inspiration for anyone who feels their life might be over. Read Eight Stories Up and you will know that it is not! --Daniel J. Reidenberg, Psy.D., FAPA, Executive Director (SAVE) Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, and Fellow, American Psychotherapy Association Interspersed with the poignant and personal experience of his own near-suicide, Lezine offers education and hope for others who may be thinking of ending their lives. --Bev Cobain, author of When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens and Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families after a Suicide Eight Stories Up is a powerful and important book. It offers hope to those without it and provides clear, practical suggestions for individuals and family members whose lives are hit by suicidal despair. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. --Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and author of An Unquiet Mind A candid account of life's trials and hopes, Eight Stories Up is an engaging narrative perfect for any adolescent who may feel lost or alone. Infused with facts and resources, DeQuincy Lezine's gripping story of his depressed adolescence and chronicle of recovery brings us into his world and lets us all know we're not alone. With an honest view of his life and experiences, Lezine teaches all adolescents how to choose hope over suicide. --Alison K. Malmon, Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds, Inc. [P]owerful...In short, this book puts the complex, multifaceted problem of suicide into language and examples that everyone can understand and use. It should be in every high school and college library and on every therapist's shelf. Offering hope to suicidal youth, who typically feel that no one will understand their pain and who doubt that anyone cares enough to help, this book will inspire suicidal teens to seek help. --Choice Lezine's survival offers hope: Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he maintains his health and spirits. When youth workers and other caring adults place this lifesaving guide in young people's hands, they are introducing a wise and caring friend. --Youth Today

About DeQuincy A. Lezine

DeQuincy A. Lezine, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide. David Brent, MD, is Academic Chief of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he holds the Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface One: Crisis Walking into Madness A Colossal Wave of Despair Death on the Mind The Jump Saying Goodbye One of Many in a Desolate Club Mourning the Thousands Two: The Background Story Intelligent and Spirited Child Meets Urban Black World Turbulent Beginnings The Hidden Background Story: Biology and Genetics Escape From L.A. Three: Inside the Suicidal Mind Darkening Thoughts Painful Emotions Warning Signs, Redux Psychiatric Disorders Related to Suicide Riding Out the Wave of Odds Four: Getting Help Psychotherapy Peer Support Medication 101 Paying for Treatment The Bottom Line Five: Recovery Hospital Log The Immediate Aftermath of a Suicidal Crisis The Road to Recovery Six: Finding the Phoenix: Where I Am Today A Worse Than Average Day The Big Picture Rebirth: Starting Over Rekindling Happiness From the Ashes Find Your Inner Phoenix Frequently Asked Questions Glossary Resources Bibliography Index

Additional information

CIN0195325575VG
9780195325577
0195325575
Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide by DeQuincy A. Lezine
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press Inc
20080619
224
N/A
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