What to Do Right Now When Your Child is Suicidal: and Later Today, Tomorrow, and Next Week

Practical, Expert, Compassionate Help for Parents and Caregivers This powerful guide offers practical, expert, and compassionate help for anyone facing the excruciatingly difficult journey of caring for a child with suicidal thoughts. Empower yourself with the encouragement and information you need to effectively support your child's healing process. What to Do Right Now When Your Child is Suicidal has beenreviewed by expert psychiatrists, therapists, and suicide prevention advocates. The book provides step-by-step guidance from author Tara Rolstad, who also shares her own story of parenting young people with suicidal ideation. This short, easy-to-read guide is also a crucial resource if you're a teacher, coach, therapist, or any professional who works with kids and their parents, or if you care about a young person who struggles with depression or other serious mental health issues. Inside you will find valuable checklists, resources, helpful tips, and advice gleaned from experts, mental health providers, and other families who’ve been through this experience. Learn: how to get help for your suicidal child or teen, how to support a kid with suicidal ideation, how to manage your own fear, and why taking care of yourself is critical to your child's recovery. “In an approachable and heartfelt manner, Tara says everything I wish families could know about the journey of a young person’s mental health crisis. This book will certainly be a trusted companion for many caregivers, providing both concrete tips and tools, but also the solace of knowing they are not alone on this path.”—Naomi Fishman, MD, Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist “This was the book I needed when my child was in crisis and attending college over 2000 miles from home. Tara has written a step-by-step guide to help not only your child or young adult, but also yourself in the midst of a parent’s worst nightmare. I hope and pray you don’t need this book, but if you do, I am grateful she has written it.”—Kathryn R., parent About the Author As a parent and foster parent to teens with severe mental illness, Tara Rolstad knows firsthand the challenges and fears that come with having a child with suicidal thoughts. Tara is a professional speaker and mental health advocate with more than 15 years experience, and she brings a unique combination of expertise, authenticity, and humor to her work. She is a program partner with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) chapters in Oregon, and the founder and director of her own mental health conferences for organizations, schools, and faith communities. Tara is also the co-author of “OMG That's Me! 3: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, PTSD, Mental Health and Humor. View Less