Reading for Mental Health

A list of current titles to support your mental health.

Mental Health Week is a national celebration in October each year, which centres around World Mental Health Day on 10 October.

Updated September 18, 2025
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The anxiety antidote : how awareness and action can lead to self-control and inner peace
Bedi, Kamran
Paper Book
A practical guide to emotional resilience in modern life, managing anxiety and finding confidence, by a popular Nero-Linguistic Programmer, Pilates teacher and Transformational Life Coach. The Anxiety Antidote makes understanding and dealing with anxiety easy and practical...
The absent moon : a memoir of a short childhood and a long depression
Schwarcz, Luiz
Paper Book
"A profoundly emotional book, and a brave one." --The New Yorker A literary sensation in Brazil, Luiz Schwarcz's brave and tender memoir interrogates his ordeal of bipolar disorder in the context of a family story of murder, dispossession, and silence--the long echo of...
Line in the sand : a life-changing journey through a body and a mind after trauma
Yates, Dean
Paper Book
Dean Yates was the ideal warzone correspondent: courageous, compassionate, dedicated. After years of facing the worst, though, including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami, one final incident undid him. In July 2007, two of his staff members were brutally gunned down by an American...
The mind manual : mental fitness tools for everyone
George, Alex
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2023) Mental health matters! Learn how to assess your mental health today - and understand what's normal for you. Discover the seven universal truths that everyone should remember, and the mental fitness foundations...
Eat to beat depression and anxiety : nourish your way to better mental health in six weeks
Ramsey, Drew
Paper Book
A revolutionary prescription for healing depression and anxiety and optimizing brain health through the foods we eat, including a six-week plan to help you get started eating for better mental health. Depression and anxiety disorders are rising, affecting more than fifty...
Why has nobody told me this before? : [everyday tools for life's ups & downs]
Smith, Julie Ann (Writer on self-help techniques)
Paper Book
Over 1 million copies sold worldwide! International Bestseller "Smart, insightful, and warm. Dr. Julie is both the expert and wise friend we all need."--Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of the Dear...
Rushing woman's syndrome : the impact of a never-ending to-do list and how to stay healthy in today's busy world
Weaver, Libby
Paper Book
'This book changed my life! Not only did it give me a deep respect for my female body, but it was the catalyst for helping me build a more balanced life that worked with my hormones. Thank you, Dr Libby, for shedding light on how women need more rest and recovery. Every woman needs to read...
Mindfulness for dummies
Alidina, Shamash
Paper Book
How to reduce stress, anxiety, high blood pressure, and even chronic pain-by refocusing your mind A cutting-edge meditation therapy that uses self-control techniques, mindfulness has taken off across the globe as a way of overcoming negative thoughts and emotions and achieving a calmer,...

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