Which books could help overcome stress and depression?
Could the right book help deal with stress, eating disorders and depression? Add your suggested titles on the thread below
Stressed? A good book could help. Photograph: Justin Lambert/Getty Images
Can't sleep? Anxious? A book might be just the thing to help.
Instead of just pills, the Reading Agency is suggesting GPs should prescribe books for patients with mild to moderate mental health problems. They've drawn up a list of 30 titles:
Anger Overcoming Anger and Irritability by William Davies
Overcoming Anxiety Kennerley by Helen Robinson
Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Panic : A Five Areas Approach by Chris Williams
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway Susan Jeffers
Overcoming Binge Eating Christopher G Fairburn
Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e): A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders by Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure
Overcoming Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Peter J Cooper
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (second edition) by Frankie Campling and Michael Sharpe
Overcoming Chronic Fatigue Mary Burgess and Trudie Chalder
Overcoming Chronic Pain by Frances Cole, Catherine Carus, Hazel Howden- Leach and Helen Macdonald
Overcoming Depression and Low Mood: A Five Areas Approach (third edition) by Chris Williams
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky
Overcoming Depression: A Guide to Recovery with a Complete Self-help Programme by Paul Gilbert
Overcoming Health Anxiety by Veale David and Rob Willson
Introduction to Coping with Health Anxiety by Brenda Hogan and Charles Young
Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by David Veale and Rob Willson
Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions by Frank Tallis
Break Free from OCD: Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with CBTby Fiona Challacombe, Victoria Oldfield, Bream and Paul M Salkowskis
Overcoming Panic and Agoraphobia by Derrick Silove and by Vijaya Manicavasagar
Panic Attacks: What They Are, Why They Happen and What You Can Do About Them by Christine Ingham
An Introduction to Coping with Phobias by Brenda Hogan
Overcoming Relationship Problems by Michael Crowe
Self-Esteem Overcoming Low Self- Esteem by Melanie Fennell
The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness Gillian Butler
Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems by Colin A Espie
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction workbook by Martha Davis
Manage your Stress for a Healthier Life by Terry Looker and Gregson, Olga
The Worry Cure: Stop Worrying and Start Living by Robert L Leahy
How to Stop Worrying by Frank Tallis
Overcoming Anxiety Kennerley by Helen Robinson
Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Panic : A Five Areas Approach by Chris Williams
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway Susan Jeffers
Overcoming Binge Eating Christopher G Fairburn
Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e): A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders by Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure
Overcoming Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Peter J Cooper
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (second edition) by Frankie Campling and Michael Sharpe
Overcoming Chronic Fatigue Mary Burgess and Trudie Chalder
Overcoming Chronic Pain by Frances Cole, Catherine Carus, Hazel Howden- Leach and Helen Macdonald
Overcoming Depression and Low Mood: A Five Areas Approach (third edition) by Chris Williams
Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky
Overcoming Depression: A Guide to Recovery with a Complete Self-help Programme by Paul Gilbert
Overcoming Health Anxiety by Veale David and Rob Willson
Introduction to Coping with Health Anxiety by Brenda Hogan and Charles Young
Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by David Veale and Rob Willson
Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions by Frank Tallis
Break Free from OCD: Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with CBTby Fiona Challacombe, Victoria Oldfield, Bream and Paul M Salkowskis
Overcoming Panic and Agoraphobia by Derrick Silove and by Vijaya Manicavasagar
Panic Attacks: What They Are, Why They Happen and What You Can Do About Them by Christine Ingham
An Introduction to Coping with Phobias by Brenda Hogan
Overcoming Relationship Problems by Michael Crowe
Self-Esteem Overcoming Low Self- Esteem by Melanie Fennell
The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness Gillian Butler
Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems by Colin A Espie
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction workbook by Martha Davis
Manage your Stress for a Healthier Life by Terry Looker and Gregson, Olga
The Worry Cure: Stop Worrying and Start Living by Robert L Leahy
How to Stop Worrying by Frank Tallis
According to Professor Neil Frude, the scheme isn't aimed at people with "serious illnesses", but if you're struggling with obsessions, panic or self-esteem maybe you could find solace beyond the self-help shelves. Great writing offers consolations of a different sort, but what are the memoirs, the essays or even the great fiction which you would prescribe?
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