Books on Prescription
Book Yourself to Health: Would you like to better understand conditions and how they can be managed? - Find information that will help you through Books on 'Prescription'.
What is Books on Prescription?
The books recommended by professionals for books on 'prescription' have a focus on information and self-help, helping people to understand their difficulties and to make positive changes in their lives. Some of these books can also be helpful for relatives, friends and carers to read to increase their understanding of a particular difficulty.
Whilst information and self-help can be very beneficial, they may not be sufficient in some situations.
If there is no improvement or things get worse, after trying the strategies in the book, seek help from a trained professional such as a GP or nurse.
Every library in West Lothian has copies of the recommended books.
Borrow Books Online
You can borrow all relevant titles online using our Books on Prescription Online book search
Further Information
For more information contact either:
- jeanette.castle@westlothian.gov.uk (Central Support Co-ordinator for Libraries and Heritage, West Lothian Libraries). Tel: 01506 281273
- The Big Plus - 0800 917 8000 - To get better at reading, writing or using numbers, call this number and you will be put in touch with someone who will help you to do this in West Lothian.
- NHS Inform (opens new window) - a new national health information service for Scotland. Information for the public, patients and carers.
Search results
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Hearing Voices Network - Website
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39503/Hearing-Voices-Network-WebsiteIf you hear voices HVN can help - we are committed to helping people who hear voices. Our reputation is growing as the limitations of a solely medical approach ...
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Think you're crazy? think again - a resource book for cognitive therapy for psychosis
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39500/Think-you-re-crazy-think-again-a-resource-book-for-cognitive-therapy-for-psychosisDesigned by experts in the field, this is a step-by-step programme that can be used alongside the therapy process, or as a self help guide for individuals exper...
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Stroke - Your questions answered
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39470/Stroke-Your-questions-answeredA succinct evidence-based source of answers to questions commonly asked by general practitioners about stroke, including definitions, epidemiology, causes, clin...
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An unquiet mind - a memoir of moods and madness
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39501/An-unquiet-mind-a-memoir-of-moods-and-madnessIn this book, a world authority on manic-depression reveals her own struggle since girlhood with this cruel disease. She describes how she mastered it and how i...
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Rethink - Website
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39502/Rethink-WebsiteSince 1972 we have been challenging attitudes and changing lives, helping people living with conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disord...
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Intervoice - Website
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39504/Intervoice-WebsiteWorking across the world to spread positive and hopeful messages about the experience of hearing voices. If you hear voices, know someone who does or want to fi...
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Overcoming paranoid & suspicious thoughts a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39499/Overcoming-paranoid-suspicious-thoughts-a-self-help-guide-using-cognitive-behavioural-techniquesA self help guide. By Daniel Freeman
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Overcoming traumatic stress - A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39508/Overcoming-traumatic-stress-A-self-help-guide-using-cognitive-behavioural-techniquesThis self-help guide is aimed at people who have suffered acute trauma that has caused them ongoing distress. It outlines and explains the physical, cognitive a...
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Mind over mood - change how you feel by changing the way you think
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39510/Mind-over-mood-change-how-you-feel-by-changing-the-way-you-thinkWritten by two clinical psychologists, this manual shows you how to improve your life using cognitive therapy. Step-by-step worksheets teach you specific skills...
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Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide - Website
https://publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk/article/39520/Survivors-of-Bereavement-by-Suicide-WebsiteWe were founded in 1991 by Alice Middleton MBE, who is now our founding patron. Following the death of her brother and finding little support available, she pla...