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