Reading Well for mental health provides helpful information and support for managing common mental health conditions, or dealing with difficult feelings and experiences. Some books also include personal stories from people who are living with or caring for someone with mental health needs.

• Browse the Reading Well for Mental Health Collection
• Download the Reading Well for mental health leaflet

Reading Well for young people recommends expert endorsed books about mental health, providing 12 to 18 year olds with advice and information about issues like anxiety, stress and OCD, and difficult experiences like bullying and exams.

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Reading Well for children provides quality-assured information, stories and advice to support children’s mental health and wellbeing. It covers general information and advice about understanding and managing feelings, school and online pressures, bereavement, parental mental health needs, and living well with specific diagnosed conditions and physical disabilities.

The booklist is targeted at children in Key Stage 2 (aged 7 to 11), but includes titles aimed at a wide range of reading levels to support less confident readers, and to encourage children to read together with their siblings and carers.

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Reading Well for dementia provides information and advice for people living with dementia, support for living well, advice for relatives and carers, as well as fiction, memoir and photographic books used in reminiscence therapy.

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• Download the Reading Well for dementia leaflet

The reading for health ‘carers collection’ is exclusive to Worcestershire libraries. It is a dedicated collection of titles that provide advice and self-help support for carers. 

• Browse the reading for health carers collection
• Download the Worcestershire libraries carers collection booklist