Self-help grows up.

As governments continue to deny the value of mental health care, medical and literary groups in Britain are combining to develop "prescription lists" of books that let readers help themselves:

Book list for the Reading Well for Young People campaign

Topic	Title	Author	Fiction or nonfiction?
General	Stuff that Sucks: Accepting what You Can’t Change and Committing to What You Can	Ben Sedley	Nonfiction
General	Mind Your Head	Juno Dawson	Nonfiction
General	The Self-Esteem Team’s Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs!!	The Self-Esteem Team	Nonfiction
General	Blame My Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed	Nicola Morgan	Nonfiction
General	Quiet the Mind	Matthew Johnstone	Fiction
General	I’ll Give You the Sun	Jandy Nelson	Fiction
General	Kite Spirit	Sita Brahmachari	Fiction
General	House of Windows	Alexia Casale	Fiction
General	Every Day	David Levithan	Fiction
ADD/ADHD	Putting on the Brakes: Understanding and Taking Control of Your ADD or ADHD	Patricia Quinn and Judith Stern	Nonfiction
Anxiety	My Anxious Mind: A Teen’s Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic	Michael Tompkins and Katherine Martinez	Nonfiction
Anxiety	The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Overcome Fear, Worry and Panic	Jennifer Shannon	Nonfiction
Anxiety	The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens	Jennifer Shannon	Nonfiction
Anxiety	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	Fiction
Autism spectrum disorder	The Reason I Jump	Naoki Higashida, translated by David Mitchell	Nonfiction
Autism spectrum disorder	Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User’s Guide to Adolescence	Luke Jackson	Nonfiction
Autism spectrum disorder	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark Haddon	Fiction
Bullying	Teen Life Confidential: Bullies, Cyberbullies and Frenemies	Michele Elliott	Nonfiction
Bullying	Vicious: True Stories by Teens About Bullying	Ed. Hope Vanderberg	Nonfiction
Confidence and self-esteem	Banish Your Self-Esteem Thief: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Building Positive Self-esteem for Young People	Kate Collins-Donnelly	Nonfiction
Confidence and self-esteem	Teen Life Confidential: Self-Esteem and Being You	Anita Naik	Nonfiction
Confidence and self-esteem	Face	Benjamin Zephaniah	Fiction
Depression	Am I Depressed and What Can I Do About it?	Shirley Reynolds and Monika Parkinson	Nonfiction
Depression	I Had a Black Dog	Matthew Johnstone	Nonfiction
Depression	Can I Tell You About Depression?	Christopher Dowrick and Susan Martin	Nonfiction
Body image and eating	Can I Tell You About Eating Disorders?	Bryan Lask and Lucy Watson	Nonfiction
Body image and eating	Banish Your Body Image Thief	Kate Collins Donnelly	Nonfiction
Mood swings and anger	Tyranny	Lesley Fairfield	Fiction
OCD	Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens	Sheri van Dijk	Nonfiction
OCD	Touch and Go Joe	Joe Wells	Nonfiction
OCD	Breaking Free from OCD: A CBT Guide for Young People and their Families	Jo Derisley, Isobel Heyman, Sarah Robinson, Cynthia Turner	Nonfiction
OCD	The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B	Teresa Toten	Fiction
Self harm	The Truth About Self-harm	Celia Richardson	Nonfiction
Stress	Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens	Earl Hipp	Nonfiction
Stress	Teenage Guide to Stress	Nicola Morgan	Nonfiction