Jul 28, 2005 book prescription wales is based on an awardwinning cardiff scheme, which was the first of its kind in the uk. This highly successful scheme involves a gp or other health professional prescribing a therapy book which is available to borrow from any branch library across wales. You can find out more about reading well books on prescription. The results of several studies have demonstrated therapeutic effects, and cost efficiencies. Books on prescription was first developed in cardiff, wales by professor neil frude, a clinical psychologist a national scheme for england, reading well books on prescription, was launched in england in 20 and is delivered by the reading agency. Book prescription scheme wales self help book list five areas. Launched in 2005, book prescription uses the public library system to loan out psychological selfhelp books. The scheme includes books on many common psychological problems that people. The improving access to psychological therapies programme. This welsh government funded scheme is designed to provide opportunities to exercise that are fun, rewarding and that can be incorporated into everyday life. It can be accessed with referral from gp, practice nurse or a healthcare profession. Reading well books on prescription for mental health was launched in wales on 26 june 2019. Book prescription scheme wales self help book list.
Our model is significantly based on the research and experience of this initiative modified for the. Books on prescription book prescription wales is a scheme that aims to help people with mild to moderate emotional problems to make use of high quality selfhelp books that have been specially selected by psychologists and counsellors working in wales. Through thorough annual evaluation of the scheme, as well as several strong case studies, we are able to show the positive impact of reading well on individuals. Such books, from a recommended list, are now available to be prescribed to patients, under the book prescription wales scheme. The scheme was based on a similar scheme in wales, which was set up by professor neil frude in 2003 the welsh assembly made it available nationally in 2005. A guide to selfhelp resources for improved wellbeing. Read our blog about the launch of the scheme in wales. Nhs wales informatics service nwis is the national organisation building and designing digital services for health and care in wales. Reading well books on prescription for dementia means that public libraries will play a significant role in helping to build dementiafriendly communities.
Book prescription scheme devon self help book list. Books on prescription national association of primary care. This is the generic self help book list originally devised to support the book prescription, wales. The book can be borrowed for between four and eight weeks and may be renewed.
We launched the scheme in march 2003 in cardiff, now its been copied in 45 areas across the uk. It also provides information about the reading well books on prescription core list and the common mental health conditions that are covered by the scheme in the film martin burton, from the libraries connected, talks. Reading well books on prescription for dementia was launched in wales in. Online publication on wales suicide and self harm prevention website. This article discusses an evaluation of a books on prescription bop scheme in an anonymous uk public library authority which was conducted by the author and submitted as a dissertation for the msc in information and library management to northumbria university. The books provide 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. By working in conjunction with rhyl mental health team, llen pawb will be running a project that will develop the provision of social prescription in denbighshire. In an innovative model, patients are prescribed selfhelp books from a list, to borrow from local libraries. This highly successful scheme involves a gp or other health professional prescribing a. We have selected a number of self help books for local libraries.
Book prescription wales bpw is a pilot bibiliotherapy scheme launched in july 2005 as a primary care treatment option for people with mild to moderate mental health problems. The book list wales, devon covers 20 mental health problems with over 80% of the titles employing a cognitive behavioural approach and many subjected to clinical trial. Book prescription wales offers an additional source of help for people experiencing emotional problems. Over a sixweek period, which began on 20 march, poetry therapist jill teague holds creative writing workshops for groups of people suffering from mental health conditions in the town of continued. There are a number of self help schemes which you can become involved in, each will have its own contact details, including how to get involved or have a referral. Reading well books on prescription, the first national scheme for england, was launched in 20 with a list of evidencebased selfhelp books on adult common mental health conditions. Or look for selfhelp books that have been recommended by a professional organisation, such as the royal college of psychiatrists. The books are now available to borrow from welsh libraries.
Jul 28, 2005 the man who devised the prescription book scheme, professor neil frude, a consultant psychologist at cardiff and vale nhs trust, said. After two years of amendments from the book prescription wales book list to meet need in the south west as identified by the graduate mental health workers, the devon book list is beginning to take on its own original flavour. The man who devised the prescription book scheme, professor neil frude, a consultant psychologist at cardiff and vale nhs trust, said. Book prescription wales is a scheme funded by welsh government that provides access to information for people with mild to moderate emotional problems. Book prescription scheme devon self help book list this is the book list for the devon book prescription scheme. Reading well books on prescription is a scheme in england to encourage people to manage their health and wellbeing by reading selfhelp books. Evaluation of the cardiff book prescription scheme. The scheme works within nice guidelines for dementia care. Public libraries in england have launched the latest reading well books on prescription scheme to support people with dementia and their carers, it is announced today. Treatment by the book a new prescription for patients.
Successful bibliotherapy project rolls out in wales, enabling health. Book prescription wales book prescription wales is a scheme that aims to help people with mild to moderate emotional problems to make use of high quality selfhelp books that have been specially selected by psychologists and counsellors working in wales. Due to regional updating of the list however small variations are likely to have occurred between region. Reading well moodboosting books is a national promotion of uplifting titles, including novels, poetry and nonfiction. The books are all recommended by readers and reading groups. This is the book list for the devon book prescription scheme. Reading well books on prescription in wales has been launched by the reading agency and society of chief librarians cymru and is funded by the welsh government. Reading well books on prescription for dementia was launched in wales in 2018 as. Stepped care can be defined as the practice of beginning ones therapeutic efforts with the least expensive and least intrusive intervention possible and moving on to more expensive andor more intrusive interventions only if deemed necessary in order to achieve a desired therapeutic goal, 1 and bibliotherapy, or healthy reading, increasingly features as a selfhelp option in.
To find out more, see the related links section for our book prescription wales pages. The welsh government are supporting the reading agency to deliver. The scheme aims to make quality assured mental health information and support readily available to members of the public. View the nhs wales book prescription wales leaflet. Gps to prescribe selfhelp books for mental health problems. It provides quality assured information and advice, support following diagnosis and with early memory loss, practical and emotional. The national assembly for wales is backing the book prescription wales scheme. Book prescription wales is based on an awardwinning cardiff scheme, which was the first of its kind in the uk. View the book prescription wales booklist 2011 a selfhelp book can be used in addition to any medication that has been prescribed, or while the patient is waiting to see a counsellor or mental health specialist. People can be recommended a title by a health professional, or they can visit their local library and take a book out for free.
Dec 12, 2011 book prescription wales is a scheme that aims to help people with mild to moderate emotional problems to make use of high quality selfhelp books that have been specially selected by psychologists and counsellors working in wales. The scheme initially provided reading lists for common mental health conditions including. Free word centre, 60 farringdon road, london, ec1r 3ga brought to you by the reading agency. Reading well books on prescription film released by nhs. There are currently five reading well booklists for adults, young people and children. A national scheme for england, reading well books on prescription, was launched in england in 20 and is delivered by the reading agency. Book prescription wales is a scheme that aims to help people with mild to moderate emotional problems to make use of high quality selfhelp books that have been specially selected by psychologists and counsellors working in wales. Better with books wales children and young people in particular may find it difficult to talk about their emotions. If youve engaged with the nsw books on prescription scheme wed love to hear your views. Central west libraries in new south wales have partnered with the centre for rural and remote mental health at the university of newcastle crrmh to launch a books on prescription scheme in orange, new south wales public libraries nsw country, central west zone plc cwz was successful in the 201011 library development grants application for its books on prescription.
You can find books for common mental health problems like anxiety and depression on the reading well books on prescription website. Book prescription scheme nhs borders run a book prescription scheme that aims to help people who may be experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or other psychological problems. The cardiff books on prescription scheme began in 2003, and its immediate success led the welsh assembly government to launch book prescription wales just two years later. The books are chosen by health experts and people living with the conditions covered. Titles in wales reading well scheme include inspirational personal. Book prescription scheme wales self help book list this is the generic self help book list originally devised to support the book prescription, wales. The scheme was launched in 20 by the charity the reading agency and the society of chief librarians with funding from arts council england. Welsh government have funded every library authority in wales to deliver the scheme bilingually in welsh and english. There is also fiction, memoir and photographic books used in reminiscence therapy. See our collected evidence base for the books on prescription model here. The following information has been taken from the leaflet, book prescription wales, available on this nhs direct wales web page book prescription wales is a scheme that aims to help people with mild to moderate emotional problems to make use of high quality selfhelp books that have been specially selected by psychologists and counsellors working in wales.
Books on prescription was first developed in cardiff in 2003 by professor neil frude, a clinical psychologist. The welsh government are supporting the reading agency to deliver reading well in all 22 library authorities in wales. Feb 17, 2009 the national assembly for wales is backing the book prescription wales scheme. Books on prescription was first developed in cardiff, wales by professor neil frude, a clinical psychologist. Book prescription wales bibliotherapy scheme book prescription wales is a scheme that aims to help people with mild to moderate emotional problems to make use of high quality selfhelp books that have been specially selected by psychologists and counsellors working in wales.
The groundbreaking scheme, which we run in partnership with the society of chief librarians, with funding from arts council england, already helps over 275,000 people with common mental health conditions. This evaluation will be important in building the evidence base for books on prescription and for fundraising, partnership building and advocacy at local and national levels. On this page is a collection of printable reading lists. The cardiff books on prescription scheme began in 2003, and its immediate success led the welsh assembly government to launch book. Jan 31, 20 the books on prescription scheme is being rolled out across gps surgeries and libraries in england in may and is based on a similar scheme in wales pioneered by the cardiffbased clinical. The reading well books on prescription for mental health scheme has. Some books also include personal stories from people who are living with or caring for someone with mental health needs. There has been a national scheme in wales since 2005.
Nhs choices has created a short film profiling the reading well books on prescription scheme the film looks at the value and evidence base for selfhelp reading. This highly successful scheme involves a gp or other health professional prescribing a therapy book which is. This scheme will assist people to access information, guidance and tips on ways to selfmanage their conditions and will be accessible to everyone without the need to access formal health services. Doctors in wales can now prescribe 32 books to help patients deal with mental health conditions ranging from eating disorders to stress. Your gp or health professional can prescribe a therapy book which is available to borrow from any branch library. Health in wales the reading agency celebrates mental. Book prescription wales a scheme for health professionals to prescribe self help books for people experiencing mild and moderate mental illhealth. The book prescription scheme nhs fife psychology department and fife council library service what is the book prescription scheme. The reading well books on prescription for mental health scheme has been developed by the. The reading well books on prescription for mental health scheme has been. There is a strong evidence base that reading can improve your health and wellbeing.
All vale of glamorgan libraries hold a set of these useful and popular books. Book prescription wales torfaen county borough council. The scheme allows a gp or associated health professional to prescribe a book available from your local library on a specific. The books on prescription scheme is being rolled out across gps surgeries and libraries in england in may and is based on a similar scheme in wales pioneered by the cardiffbased clinical psychologist professor neil frude. Reading well books on prescription to help people with. There is growing evidence to suggest that the books on prescription model is an effective method of delivering self help reading. Books prescribed to help tackle dementia in wales reading agency. The introduction of a healthy reading scheme for people with. A selfhelp book can be used in addition to any medication that has been prescribed, or while you are waiting to see a counsellor or mental health specialist. Making use of high quality selfhelp books that have been specially selected by psychologists and counsellors working in wales, the scheme helps people selfmanage their. Book prescription wales is a scheme that aims to help people with mild to moderate emotional problems to make use of high quality selfhelp books that have. Ninety per cent of mild to moderate psychological problems are treated in primary care.
Treharris primary care centre book prescription wales. Last year, we at decipher published findings from a randomised controlled trial of the national exercise referral scheme in wales. An evaluation of a books on prescription scheme in a uk. Reading well books on prescription for dementia was launched in wales in 2018 as part of the new dementia action plan for wales. Mental health and vulnerable groups policy autumn 2015. Bbc news uk wales selfhelp book prescription grows.
Book prescription wales wellbeing at work biomedical. The scheme has been endorsed by people with experience. Reading well books on prescription, the first national scheme for england, was launched in 20 with a list of evidence. Book prescription wales welcome to mental health support. From today 26 june, health professionals in wales will be able to prescribe free. Denbighshire social prescription scheme literature wales. Mental health bibliotherapy comes home to wales reading well. Book prescription wales the book prescription wales scheme created a list of recommended self help books on a range of issues such as bereavement, eating disorders, low selfesteem and trauma. Book prescription wales is the original book prescription scheme for adults with mild to moderate emotional problems. The introduction of a healthy reading scheme for people. These indicated that patients who had been referred to the scheme with coronary heart disease risk factors such as diabetes, or being overweight were significantly more physically active where referred to the intervention that where they were not.
The book prescription scheme allows you to print off a book prescription and take this to your local library to borrow the book. These are books that can help you to cope with emotional and psychological problems. Within our national strategy prosperity for all we also outlined our commitment to. The benefits of the scheme have already been recognised and adopted by gps in neath port talbot, gwynedd and more than 40 other areas across the uk. These schemes aimed to help people facing mental health difficulties to understand, manage and treat their condition through the use of high quality selfhelp books that had been specially selected. The reading well programme is evaluated each year to ensure that it. The books on the list are now available to borrow from welsh libraries.
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