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Books on Prescription

 
Many people develop emotional or psychological problems at some time during their life. The Books on Prescription scheme provides self-help books based on a selection suggested by mental health professionals.

Self-help books you can borrow tackle subjects such as health and bereavement, overcoming anger, panic, depression, mood swings, anorexia nervosa, anxiety, compulsive gambling and low self-esteem.

You have to be a member of the library service to borrow Books on Prescription. See our page on how to join the library.

You may borrow a book for an initial twelve weeks and, provided that the book is not required by anybody else, you can renew it for another twelve weeks.

List of self-help books

To see the list you will need a copy of Adobe Reader to download the document. See the Useful links on the right to download a free copy of the reader.

View the latest Books on Prescription list - pdf 81kb

You can identify the self-help Books on Prescription by the symbol of a red cross on a white background or enquire about the books at your local library.

Use our online library service to search for, renew and reserve books, films and CDs.

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