Development of a supported self-help book prescription scheme in primary care

The treatment of mild to moderate mental health problems places extreme pressures upon primary care. To help ease these pressures, a number of selfhelp book schemes have been developed across the UK. This paper describes the development of a variant to these schemes. In addition to a prescription for a self-help book, clients also receive support in its use via specially developed self-help clinics. It is hoped that the supported self-help book scheme will not only help to increase access to a viable form of psychological treatment within primary care, but through support will also help to make the self-help approach acceptable to a greater number of users.

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