Under a program operating in parts of the U.K., doctors whose patients
are suffering from mild to moderate depression or anxiety prescribe
self-help books. Patients take prescriptions to local libraries, which
have stocked up on doctor-recommended titles. In some cases, doctors
follow up on the patients' reading and continue the book treatment.
The "bibliotherapy" effort, chronicled in today's Wall Street Journal, is in response to overmedication of some patients and limited resources for one-on-one counseling.
A popular medication is the Overcoming series (including Overcoming Depression, Overcoming Anger and Irritability, Overcoming Panic) published by Constable & Robinson in the U.K. and New York University Press in the U.S.
Among other prescribed titles mentioned in the article:
The "bibliotherapy" effort, chronicled in today's Wall Street Journal, is in response to overmedication of some patients and limited resources for one-on-one counseling.
A popular medication is the Overcoming series (including Overcoming Depression, Overcoming Anger and Irritability, Overcoming Panic) published by Constable & Robinson in the U.K. and New York University Press in the U.S.
Among other prescribed titles mentioned in the article:
- Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky (Guilford Press, $22.95, 0898621283)
- How to Stop Worrying by Frank Tallis (Sheldon Press, $10.95, 0859696103)
- Emotional Confidence by Gael Lindenfield (Thorsons, 0722532458)
- The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger, $19.95, 1572242140)
- The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns (Plume, $20, 0452281326)