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Reading for wellbeing. |
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Community Practitioner, 84(4), April 2011, pp.40-41. |
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1462-2815 |
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Although ten per cent of children in Scotland experience mental health problems, only a quarter of these will receive specialist support. However, self-help interventions can play an important role in improving access to evidence-based resources that can help promote wellbeing and prevent the development of mild mental health difficulties in children. Bibliotherapeutic interventions in particular involve the use of written materials to help people understand their psychological problems and learn ways to overcome them by changing their behaviour and can be used as a means of self-help. One such example is the Healthy Reading for Children scheme based in East Lothian, a book prescription scheme for children and young people. Copies of each resource were placed in all 11 libraries across East Lothian. Professionals who used the scheme reported that prescriptions or recommendations were well received, and 86% thought they would use the scheme in the future. Service user feedback has also been supportive, indicating that recommended titles were helpful and that they would recommend them to a friend. Overall, the use of a Healthy Reading scheme aimed at children, young people and families is a useful tool as a first step in the approach to treatment. |
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children; intervention; mental health education; mental health problems; self-help; wellbeing; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=b2ff6a58-f926-4087-ba33-fa387c4e7bf5 |
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