Wellbeing collection

Health & Wellbeing Book Collection

Reading Well Books on Prescription helps you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using self-help reading. Books can be recommended by GPs or other health professionals. People can also self-refer to the scheme and use it without a professional recommendation.

All titles are available to borrow from the Hanley Library, Southport Hospital. Click on a book title for further details and availability.

Check the library catalogue to see which of these titles is available to borrow and which are already on loan.

Overcoming depression and low mood : a five areas approach
Overcoming binge eating : the proven program to learn why you binge and how you can stop
Overcoming anxiety, stress and panic : a five areas approach
Break free from OCD : overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder with CBT
Manage your stress for a happier life
Overcoming insomnia and sleep problems : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming chronic pain : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming depression : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming anxiety : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming panic and agoraphobia : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
How to stop worrying
Overcoming health anxiety : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming bulimia nervosa and binge-eating : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming chronic fatigue : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming anger and irritability : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Overcoming low self-esteem : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME)
The relaxation & stress reduction workbook
Promoting children's wellbeing : policy and practice
An introduction to coping with health anxiety
An introduction to coping with phobias
Feel the fear and do it anyway
The worry cure : stop worrying and start living
Overcoming relationship problems : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Panic attacks : what they are : why they happen : what you can do about them
The feeling good handbook
Overcoming social anxiety and shyness : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Mind over mood: change how you feel by changing the way you think
Getting better bit(e) by bit(e) : a survival kit for sufferers of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorders
Understanding obsessions and compulsions : a self-help manual

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