Suggested Reading

Articles about How to Talk to Children

• How to Talk to Children About Suicide

• Family Conversations about Suicide

• How to Talk to Children About a Suicide Death

Other Articles from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• I lost someone by suicide and my pain is so unbearable, how can I work through it

• The Healing Power of Grief

• Latter-Day Saint Youth and Suicide: What to Know and How to Help

• Knowing Enough About Suicide 

• Suicide: Myths and Facts 

• Life help: Suicide

• Counseling Resources: Suicide

• Counseling Resources: Grief and Loss

• Preventing Suicide and Responding After A Loss

• Addressing Mental Health 

• Self-Compassion by Dr David T. Morgan 

• Self-Compassion by Kimberly Beecher 

Books on suicide grief

1. "After Suicide Loss: Coping with your grief (2nd Edition)" by Jack Jordan Ph.D and Bob Baugher Ph.D

2. "The Gift of Second: Healing from the impact of Suicide" by Brandy Lidbeck

3. "Bruised & Wounded: Struggling to Understand Suicide" by Ronald Rolheiser (a catholic priest)

4. "Understanding Your Suicide Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart" by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.

5. "After my Son's Suicide: An LDS Mother Finds Comfort in Christ and Strength to Go On" by Darla Isackson

Other recommended books

1. "Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance" by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

2. "The Grief Recovery Handbook" by John W. James and Russell Friedman