Can anyone Reccomend a good self help book for dealing with suicide?

Question

A good friend of mine killed himself two weeks ago, he left behind his wife and three kids. The boys are having a rough time dealing, obviously, and so is his wife. She asked me to help her find a good book on dealing with the loss of a parent through suicide to help her boys, and maybe one for her too on what to expect from here on out with her and her childrens emotions.

Answer 1

Yes, I appreciate that suicide can reek havoc on the mental health of family, especially children. I'm trained in psychology, but the answers that help me most in dealing with death are not psychology, which does not go beyond this body, this life, but my faith, which provides reassurance that we are not this body and we survive this life. The children will find more comfort in whatever the family beliefs in God are, than anything psychology can offer. Whatever the church, I suggest that the best answers are found there.

Answer 2

Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to
events and circumstances in one's life. Hope
implies a certain amount of perseverance i.e.
believing that a positive outcome is possible even
when there is some evidence to the contrary.

A person who dreads of 'what tomorrow may bring'
looses the zeal of life itself. He can not live in
the present even for one day. I do not agree that
'any person can fight the battles of just one
day'. There are many in the world who fight their
battles life long, and still live with some hope.

It is nice to live for today and complete what is
to be done today. But humans are distinguished
from the rest of the living beings by hope. For
other living beings, there may not be tomorrow.
But hope is life for humans. Tomorrow may not come
for a few. But the others are sure that there will
be a day after present one. And it is hoped by
many to be a little better than today. What is not
realized today may be within our reach tomorrow.
It is hope that makes people to live through all
torments of life. The moment a person loses hope,
the very liveliness in life is lost.

Living in the past is dreaming. Living in the
present is intuition connected basic instincts.
Living in hope-of is humanistic - it speaks of
man's quest for mental eternity.

Hope - Pandora brought the jar with the evils and
opened it. It was the gods` gift to man, on the
outside a beautiful, enticing gift, called the
"lucky jar." Then all the evils, those lively,
winged beings, flew out of it. Since that time,
they roam around and do harm to men by day and
night. One single evil had not yet slipped out of
the jar. As Zeus had wished, Pandora slammed the
top down and it remained inside. So now man has
the lucky jar in his house forever and thinks the
world of the treasure. It is at his service; he
reaches for it when he fancies it. For he does not
know that the jar which Pandora brought was the
jar of evils, and he takes the remaining evil for
the greatest worldly good - it is hope! For Zeus
did not want man to throw his life away, no matter
how much the other evils might torment him, but
rather to go on letting himself be tormented anew.
To that end, he gives man hope.

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life
are something to do, something to love, and
something to hope for." - Joseph Addison

Hope! Hope! Hope!
Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left - -
Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft;
When even his dog deserts him, and his goat
With tranquil disaffection chews his coat
While yet it hangs upon his back; then thou,
The star far-flaming on thine angel brow,
Descendest, radiant, from the skies to hint
The promise of a clerkship in the Mint.

People sow seeds with hope
And hope is the seed of life
People through ages hoped for eternity
Because hope is as great as eternity
Never give-up hope, never ever
Hope is your best mate, all the time
Even if all desert you unexpectedly
Hope will be with you, if you wish...

Answer 3

I am very sorry for all this. You need to advise your friend to get professional help for her and the kids. Losing a husband and a dad is hard enough and to suicide is even worst! Many blessings to all.

Answer 4

DAMN! the guy was messed up! sorry but WOW! anywho i dont think she should read a book like that or maybe she will think about kinlling herself too so tell her just forget about this and move on.
ps i am sorry about what happened.