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    <body><![CDATA[After several teen suicides and attempted suicides in my hometown this past year, I started to feel incredibly helpless. Despite the obvious sadness of young lives lost, I felt overwhelming frustration. It is often easy for people to dismiss teen suicide as the result of immaturity or a lack of pers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67301291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was well researched and masterfully written. In the uncovering of the massive tragedy that suicide inflicts on life, these pages provided the reader with much to contemplate and treasure. <br/><br/>In the epilogue, however, Jamison recounts that a few weeks after a failed suicide attempt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66585406">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a big fan of Dr. Jamison's other works, and Night Falls Fast was not a disappointment. She brings her usual mix of clinical accuracy and human empathy to this book, and I can't imagine any reader not having at least one moment of deep self reflection as a result. Of course she's also devilishly...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19374845">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up at the library yesterday. My therapist told me it's the best book she's ever read on the subject of suicide. <br/><br/>I had checked this out from the library, but more promising books came my way, and I decided to return it. I did read a little and it was very interesting. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17238721">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book gives a long illustration on suicide-from the historical perspective to research and rates in present times...<br/>very long at times the author repeats itself<br/><br/>the stories about suicide are very interesting..this  book might make you feel uncomfortable and depressed at times...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the books that helped me out of a very dangerous frame of mind. Reading about other people in despair helped me realize I was stronger than I thought, that things could get better, and that I could seek help if I needed it. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[one of the best books I've encountered about suicide for people who are interested in prevention but are averse to the self-help genre; Jamison works through literary, historical, philosophical, &amp; clinical perspectives]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read for research purposes.  Excellent insights into the psychological and physiological causes of suicide and some of the ways it can be prevented.  Nothing new, but well put-together and comprehensive.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't even end up finishing this book.  To me, it was too technical and it felt like I was back in school and reading a text book.  I was very disapointed.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There is a gross desperate character to its journal like indulgence.<br/>poorly written<br/>and without insight.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[very helpful for understanding more about suicide and sorting out precipitating factors, including agitation and impulsiveness. I like that she insists on linking severe mental illness and suicide, a way to take away the glamour for those who might be tempted after others kill themselves. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It may just be too soon, but I am quite impressed by the breadth of approaches Jamison takes to the topic.  It has received strong reviews, so I'll keep you all posted.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My stupid counsler made me read this...Stupid counsler dude]]></body>
    
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