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SELF INJURY, DEPRESSION, & SUICIDE
..Title: The Lost Soul Companion: A Book of Comfort and Constructive Advice for Black Sheep, Square Pegs, Struggling Artists, and Other Free Spirits
..Author: Susan M. Brackney
..Pages: 160
..Review: This book was my first ever "mental health" related book. My whole order of thinking changed after reading this book. I was more open with my writing and my art because I for the first time felt normal. I cannot wait for it's sequal to come out. I followed this book with Prozac Nation, a good choice I think.
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..Title: Skin Game: A Memoir
..Author: Caroline Kettlewell
..Pages: 178
..Review: Being my fifth or so book about cutting, I found this one to be mediocre. It was well written and the author's addition of an eating disorder came and went in a timely manner for this "cutting" book. It was relateable, not too long, and surprisingly the first book i've yet to read that ended with the author having overcome her disorder. I don't recommend it as a first book on the subject, but second or beyond would be recommended.
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..Title: A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain
..Author: Marilee Strong
..Pages: 234
..Review: This book is factual and very well written. It is purely a book of facts and figures, as well as first hand accounts. Those accounts are both of a positive and negative nature, both adding a great deal to the book. I recommend this beyond others as a "learning" book about the disorder called self injury.
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..Title: Prozac Nation
..Author: Elizabeth Wurtzel
..Pages: 368
..Review: A great book about depression, drug abuse, and suicidal ideation. It made me feel ten times better. I read it the night before I entered the hospital for suicidal ideation, among several other things. I felt more hope for life after reading it than i did before. This book precedes it's reputation. I recommend it.
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..Title: Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
..Author: Steven Levenkron
..Pages: 269
..Review: Very technical and boring. I read it through but every page I finished I wished it were the last. Between this and A Bright Red Scream, I don't think I need to even dignify that with an answer. Levenkron writes very well but even as a well-read college student, I found it more trouble than it was worth.
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