Well Read  provides a range of books on mental health to borrow from your local library.
It is open to everyone and aims to encourage people to help themselves to manage their mental health.

How do I access the Well Read books?
The Well Read collections can be accessed at the libraries listed below

Allerdale area
Aspatria Library
Wigton Library
Workington Library

Carlisle area
Longtown Library
Carlisle Library

Copeland area
Cleator Moor Library
Millom Library (from October 2009)
Seascale Library
Whitehaven Library

Eden area
Alston Library
Appleby Library
Kirkby Stephen Library
Penrith Library
Shap Library

Furness area
Askam Library (from October 2009)
Barrow Library
Barrow Island Library (from October 2009)
Broughton Library Link
Dalton Library
Roose Library (from October 2009)
Walney Library (From October 2009)

South Lakes area
Ambleside Library 
Grange Library
Kendal Library
Ulverston Library
Windermere Library

Don’t worry if you are not a member of the library – just come along and join. Membership is free.
Once you’re in the library the books should be easy to find – they’ll be together in the same section – look for the Well Read logo. 
   

So, if you want to know more about how best to cope with feeling down or stressed (maybe you’ve suffered a bereavement or are feeling angry), there might just be a book for you.
You will also find that the Well Read collections contain self-help DVDs and Audio CDs as well as books, and, it is free to request any of the Well Read titles.                                     

Much is known about the many different ways in which people can help themselves to understand their own mental health. 
The books included in Well Read have been written to pass on this information.
They can be useful because they:

• provide information on particular topics;
• can be read at your own pace;
• suggest ideas on how to cope differently through reading about other people’s experiences.                       

A full list of the books, DVDs and Audio Cds can be printed from the link below. Alternatively, if you want to see summaries for each title see the menu items to the left.
Download list of Books

Feedback
Once you’ve read a book in the Well Read collection we’d like you to tell us whether it’s been helpful. Please fill in the feedback postcard (there’s one in every book) and pop it into your library’s Comments Box.

Visit the new BBC Headroom website (link below)

BBC Headroom is a BBC campaign about well being, launching this month and running for the next two years. The site enables people to get inspiration on how to boost their well being.