These books are self-help and guided self-help books recommended by NHS Forth Valley. They are chosen specifically for adults. All are available from the Learning Resource Service.
Anger
Overcoming Anger and Irritability By William Davies
Beating Anger: The Eight-Point Plan for Coping with Rage By Mike Fisher
Anxiety
Overcoming Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques By Helen Kennerly
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques By Gillian Butler
How to Stop Worrying By Frank Tallis
It’s Not All in Your Head By Gordon Asmundsen and Steven Taylor
The Compassionate Mind Approach to Overcoming Anxiety By Dennis Tirsch
First Steps Out of Anxiety By Kate Middleton
How to Beat Your Fears and Worries By Helen Kennerley
Assertiveness and Communication
Manage Your Mind: The Mental Fitness Guide By Gillian Butler and Tony Hope
A Woman in Your Own Right: Assertiveness and You By Anne Dickson
Depression
Feeling Good Handbook By David Burns
Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time By Michael Addis & Christopher Martell
Overcoming Depression and Low Mood By Chris Williams
Mind Over Mood: Change the Way You Feel by Changing the Way You Think By Dennis Greenberger & Christine Padesky
Mindful Way Through Depression By Jon Kobat-Zinn, Zindel V. Segal, John Teasdale & Mark Williams
I Had a Black Dog By Matthew Johnstone
Living with a Black Dog By Matthew Johnstone
Overcoming Depression: A guide to Recovery With a Complete Self-Help Programme By Paul Gilbert
First Steps out of Depression By Sue Aitken
Eating Issues and Disorders
Overcoming Binge Eating By Christopher Fairburn
Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa By Peter Cooper & Christopher Freeman
Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Families, Friends and Sufferers By Janet Treasure
Getting Better Bite by Bite By Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure
Overcoming Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating By Peter Cooper
Bereavement
Overcoming Grief By Sue Morris
Remember Me: Constructing Immortality- Beliefs on Immortality, Life, and Death By M Mitchell
Cancer Issues
What Can I Do to Help? By Deborah Hutton
One in Three By Adam Wishart
Singing the Life: The Story of a Family Living in the Shadow of Cancer By Elizabeth Bryan
The Chemotherapy Survival Guide; Everything you Need to Know By Judith McKay
Cancer Survivors Companion: Practical Ways to Cope with Your Feelings After Cancer By Lucy Atkins and Francis Goodheart
Caring and Carers
What Can I Do to Help? By Deborah Hutton
10 Helpful Hints for Carers: Practical Solutions for Carers Living with People with Dementia By The Dementia Services Development Centre
Living with a Black Dog By Matthew Johnstone
Understanding ADHD By Christopher Green & Kit Chee
Chronic Pain
Arthritis Help Book: A Tested Self-Management Program for Coping with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia By Kate Lorig and James Fries
Living with Fibromyalgia By Christine Craggs-Hinton
Overcoming Chronic Pain; A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques By Catherine Carus, Francis Cole, Hazel Howden-Leach, Helen MacDonald
Coping Successfully with Pain- Overcoming Common Problems By Neville Shone
The Chronic Pain Diet Book By Neville Shone
Explain Pain By David Butler and G.Lorimer Moseley
Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions By Halstad Holman, Diana Laurent, Kate Lorig & David Sobel
Living Well with Pain and Illness By Vidyamala Burch
Dementia
10 Helpful Hints for Carers: Practical Solutions for Carers Living with People with Dementia By The Dementia Services Development Centre
10 Helpful Hints for Dementia Design at Home: Practical Design Solutions for Carers Living at Home with Someone who has Dementia By The Dementia Services Development Centre
Mindfulness
The Mindful Way Through Depression By Jon Kabat-Zinn, Zindel V. Segal, John Teasdale & Mark Williams
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World By Mark Williams and Danny Penman
Calming your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear and Panic By Jeffrey Brantley
Obsessions and Compulsions
Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder By David Veale and Rob Wilson
Panic (see also phobias/anxiety)
Panic Attacks: What They Are, Why They Happen and What Can You Do About It By Christine Ingham
Overcoming Panic: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques By Derek Silove and Vijaya Manicavasagar
Parenting Books for Parents and Carers
Understanding ADHD By Christopher Green & Kit Chee
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk By Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
New Toddler Taming By Christopher Green
The Incredible Years By Carolyn Webster Stratton
Parenting the Strong Willed Child By Rex Forehand & Nicholas Long
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children By Ross Greene
Parenting is Child’s Play: How to Give Your Child the Best Start in Life and Have Fun Doing It By David Coleman
Parenting is Child’s Play: The Teenage Years By David Coleman
Help Your Child Cope with Divorce By Paula Hall
Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One By Pamela Espeland & William Kroen
Helping Children Cope with Grief By Rosemary Wells
Talking Back to OCD (suitable for parents to work through with children 4 and over) By Christine Benton and John March
Solving Children’s Sleep Problems: A Step by Step Guide for Parents By Lyn Quine
Self-Esteem for Boys: 100 Tips for Raising Happy and Confident Children By Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Self-Esteem for Girls: 100 Tips for Raising Happy and Confident Children By Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Taming the Dragon in Your Child By Meg Eastman
Confident Teens: How to Raise a Positive, Confident and Happy Teenager By Gael Lindenfield
Personality Disorder
I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality By Jerold J Kreisman and Straus Hal
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder By Paul T Mason and Randi Kreger
Managing Intense Emotions and Overcoming Self-Destructive Habits By Lorraine Bell
Phobias
Overcoming Panic, Anxiety and Phobias: New Strategies to Free Yourself from Worry and Fear By Carol Goldman and Shirley Babior
Trauma/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Overcoming Traumatic Stress By Claudia Herbert & Ann Wetmore
Overcoming Childhood Trauma By Helen Kennerly