Reading Well Books on Prescription
Reading Well Books on Prescription
Reading Well supports you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using helpful reading.
Reading Well books are all recommended by health experts, people with lived experience of the conditions and their relatives and carers.
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.
There are 37 books in the mental health collection, which have also been translated into Welsh.
A full collection is available in every Hub or Library in Cardiff and Library members are able to borrow the books free of charge for 6 weeks. No late fines are attached to these loans. Selected titles are also available to borrow as e-books and audiobooks. Visit Cardiff Self Registration to join the library and access books electronically.
There is also a Reading Well list for dementia, which provides recommended reading to improve people’s awareness and understanding of dementia, supports carers of people with a diagnosis of dementia and those worried about their memory. For more information and a list of the titles visit Dementia Friendly Cardiff.
As well as offering books, some hubs and libraries also have other media for you to enjoy, such as:
- Electronic resources (e-books, audiobooks, e-newspapers and e-magazines), and
- Community language publications.
