Suicide is a huge taboo topic in our society, which means many of us have misconstrued information on the topic, are unaware of risk factors for suicide and would not know how to respond if someone told us they were suicidal.

This book helps to put these things right..

The Suicide Prevention Pocket Guide breaks myths around the subject, helps us to understand the complexity around suicidal feelings, teaches us to directly ask someone about suicidal thoughts and helps us learn strategies to support someone and help them survive.

A very concise – yet essential guide on an extremely important topic. This book has the power to help us save lives.

Would you know how to support someone who is in crisis and having suicidal thoughts? This book will assist you in enhancing your knowledge. Thanks to Welbeck Books/Welbeck Balance for gifting me this important book to review.

This is an easy to follow and digest guidebook that is accessible to all. The book is broken up into short, easy to read paragraphs, with some examples too, which enhances understanding and firms up what the chapter is saying, as does the short summaries at the end of each chapter. There are also a comprehensive list to who to call when you need support for yourself, a loved one or a complete stranger who you find yourself supporting. Being a pocketguide makes it easily transportable to have easy to hand.

The book is covers all manner of sub-topics and takes your hand on what is a huge subject and leads you through. It goes through what you may be feeling when faced with someone who has suicidal thoughts and vaildates them, such as fear of saying or doing the wrong thing, guilt and more, as well as reassuring that the book will equip you with the tools to manage this situation, that you may not already have. This can be highly useful because you just don't know if or when you will come across someone who is suicidal. The book splits suicide into parts, including Passive Thoughts of Wanting to Die, Active Thoughts About Suicide, Suicidal Intent. It also explains certain terms as well as increases your understanding about what may lead to a sucidal crisis. The book then goes onto debunking as many as 10 myths/misinformation about suicide. The book then tells you of warning signs, including what they may say or do and potential mood changes. So, this gives you information that puts everything into context and what to look out for. The book develops from here into how you can help practically and lists questions you can ask and how to handle them as they helpfully include many permeatations in answers; your body language and actively listening; tone of voice; topics to focus on; how to help them survive (again, if it is more than 1 crisis point they have experienced in their lives) and creating a safety plan.

The book responsibly also talks about how to care for yourself after supporting someone who is at suicidal crisis point. It also says about what support the person in crisis can also recieve and who you can call.

The book is all in all one that seems very valuable for everyone.

Invaluable guide, offering practical and concise information and techniques to overcome the taboos and awkwardness associated with discussing suicide and mental health.

After suffering from suicidal thoughts herself, Joy Hibbin founded the charity "Suicide Crisis" in 2012, and from then until the time of writing the book in April 2021, there has never been a suicide of a client under their care.

Profits from sales of the book will go into the charity.

A really succinct but thorough guidebook for a topic usually seen as taboo - there are some fantastic tips in here that would support someone in their personal and professional life. There is also a great list of resources at the end