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The Guernsey Book Prescription Service includes the following books:

(Take  your book prescription along to Guilles Alles Library or as directed by your GP, or purchase using links below)

Other useful self help books below Book Prescription selection

 

 

General

How to Cope when the Going gets Tough (Overcoming Common Problems)

How to Stop Worrying (Overcoming Common Problems)

The Feeling Good Handbook

Abuse

Breaking Free: Help for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Beginning to Heal: A First Book for Men and Women who were abused as children

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Anger

Overcoming Anger & Irritability

Managing Anger: Simple Steps to Dealing With Frustration & Threat

Anorexia

Breaking Free from Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Families, Friends and Sufferers

Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa

Anxiety

Overcoming Anxiety: A Self Help Guide using Cognitive Behaviour Techniques

Stop Worrying about Your Health

Managing Stress

How to Stop Worrying (Overcoming Common Problems)

The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook

Assertiveness

A Woman in Your Own Right

Bereavement

Living With Loss

Bipolar Disorder

Overcoming Mood Swings

Bulimia & Binge Eating

Overcoming Binge Eating

Bulimia Nervosa & Binge Eating: A Guide to Recovery

Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e)

Depression

Overcoming Depression

Overcoming Depression:  A Five Areas Approach

Mind Over Mood:  Cognitive Treatment Therapy Manual for Clients

The Feeling Good Handbook

Gambling Addiction

Overcoming Compulsive Gambling

Head Injury

Head Injury: A Practical Guide  (or from Headway.org.uk)

Mood Swings

Overcoming Mood Swings

Obsessions & Compulsions

Understanding Obsessions & Compulsions

Panic Attacks

Overcoming Panic

Panic Attacks

Post Traumatic Stress

Overcoming Traumatic Stress

Relaxation

The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook

Self Esteem & Confidence

Overcoming Low Self Esteem: Self Help Guide using Cognitive Behaviour Techniques

Self Esteem for Women: A Practical Guide to Love, Intimacy  & Success

Self Esteem: Simple Steps to Develop Self-reliance & Perseverance

10 Days to Great Self Esteem

The Feeling Good Handbook

Social Phobia & Shyness

Overcoming Social Anxiety & Shyness

 

Other recommended books (not available on book prescription scheme)

 

 

 

 

General

Music Makes Your Child Smarter Very informative book - how music affects our brains and development, with lots of practical advice.  Includes CD.
An Authoritative Guide to Self-Help Resources in Mental Health
Knowing Our Own Minds
The Fundamental Facts (of Mental Health)
Staying Sane
Serious Mental Illness - A Family Affair
Overcoming Low Self Esteem Self Help Workbook
Overcoming Depersonalization and Feelings of Unreality
Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems
   

 

ADD / ADHD

Understanding ADHD
The Explosive Child : A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, 'Chronically Inflexible' Children

Women with ADD

Understanding ADHD

The ADD and ADHD Diet
Why Johnny can't Concentrate (ADHD)
Answers to Distraction  (ADHD)
Adult ADD
Out of the Fog Coping Strategies for Adult ADD
Driven to Distraction  (ADHD)
ADD Success Stories
The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent & Adult

 

Addictions

See Substance Abuse

Anger

Managing Anger

Anxiety

Overcoming Anxiety: A Five Areas Approach

Learn to Relax
Manage Your Mind 
The Shyness & Social Anxiety Handbook
Overcoming Anxiety
Overcoming Panic
Overcoming Anxiety Self-Help Course
Overcoming Social Anxiety & Shyness Self Help Course
Overcoming Panic & Agoraphobia Self Help Course
Overcoming Worry

Bipolar Disorder

Overcoming Mood Swings

Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients & Families

Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide

Serious Mental Illness - A Family Affair
Bipolar Puzzle Solution: A Mental Health Client's Perspective: 187 Answers to Questions Asked by Support Group Members About Living With Manic Depression
An Unquiet Mind (Story of a psychologist with manic depression)
Living Without Depression and Manic Depression
We heard the Angels of Madness

Borderline Personality Disorder

Don't Let Emotions Run Your Life

Managing Intensive Emotions & Overcoming Self Destructive Habits: A Self Help Manual

Stop Walking on Eggshells   (Borderline Personality Disorder)

Borderline Personality Disorder - the Latest Assessment & Treatment Strategies
I Hate You - Don't Leave Me 

Bodily Harm   The Breakthrough Treatment Program for Self Injurer

Women and Self Harm   

More self harm books here   

 

 

 

 

     

Children

Overcoming your Child's Fears and Worries
Overcoming your Child's Shyness and Social Anxiety
Think Good - Feel Good  (for children and young people)

Depression

Surviving Post-Natal Depression
Being Happy!
Mind Over Mood  - Self-Help with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Clinician's Guide also available)
Breaking the Pattern of Depression
The Beast - A Journey Through Depression
Control Your Depression
Depression - Your Questions Answered
Essential Guide to Depression
Overcoming Depression
Coping with Anxiety and Depression
Learn to Relax
Manage Your Mind 
Overcoming Grief

Coping with Depression in Young People: a guide for parents

Post Natal Depression & Puerperal Psychosis

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders - Your Questions Answered

Overcoming Bulimia Self Help Course
Overcoming Anorexia
Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating - a guide to recovery

Emotional Freedom Technique

Adventures in EFT
EFT in Your Pocket
Emotional Freedom
Emotional Healing in Minutes
Getting Thru to Your Emotions with EFT

Emotions

Emotional Confidence: Simple Steps to Managing Your Feelings

Hypnosis

Self Hypnosis - The Complete Guide (Book)

Instant Confidence  (Book & CD)

Change Your Life in 7 Days (Book & CD)

I Can Make You Thin (Book & CD)

Think Positively  (self hypnosis CD)

Self Confidence (self hypnosis CD)

Deep Sleep  (self hypnosis CD)

Overcome Fear of Flying (self hypnosis CD)

Lose Weight Now (self hypnosis CD)

Stop Smoking (self hypnosis CD)

Overcome Addictions (self hypnosis CD)

Overcome Fears & Phobias (self hypnosis CD)

Build Your Self Esteem (self hypnosis CD)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - The Facts
Freeing your child from OCD
Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions
Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
   

Schizophrenia

Coping with Schizophrenia: A Guide for Patients, Families & Caregivers

Serious Mental Illness - A Family Affair

The Voice Inside    Coping with Voices
Accepting Voices
Hearing Voices - a Common Human Experience
Surviving Schizophrenia
Living with Schizophrenia
Overcoming Paranoid and Suspicious Thoughts

                                                 

 

 

 

 

Self Esteem

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem
Overcoming Low Self Esteem Self Help Course
Self Esteem for Boys
Self Esteem for Girls
All That She Can Be

Self Harm

Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self Mutilation

The Hurt Yourself Less Workbook  (Amazon)
Hurt Yourself Less Workbook
Bristol Crisis Centre for Women Publications  (Self-Harm)

The Scarred Soul   (Self Harm)

Substance Abuse

Alcoholism - Your Questions Answered

Overcoming Problem Drinking
Overcoming your Smoking Habit

Managing Your Drug or Alcohol Problem - Workbook

The Addiction Workbook

Voices

Hearing Voices: Working Out A Positive Approach

The Voice Inside    Coping with Voices
Accepting Voices
Hearing Voices - a Common Human Experience

 

Other

Overcoming Weight Problems
Overcoming Chronic Fatigue
Overcoming Chronic Pain
Overcoming Relationship Problems
Overcoming Sexual Problems
   

Music Therapy

 

 

 

 

Books at the Mental Health Foundation

Books at MIND - The National Mental Health Charity

Publications at Rethink

 

If you have any book recommendations that I should include here, please let me know!

 

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