MIND's advice booklets give straightforward practical information on a range of mental health issues. Each booklet offers realistic and positive options and contains a resource list for seeking further help. They all have a clear and accessible layout and reflect the latest thinking about mental distress. MIND's mental health promotion series, 'how to..., aims to help people maintain and improve their mental health and prevent mental distress. Each booklet gives a full resource list for seeking further help and offers suggestions for relatives and carers.

Understanding Anxiety
Understanding Bereavement
Understanding Caring
Understanding Childhood Distress
Understanding Dementia
Understanding Depression
Understanding Eating Distress
Understanding Manic Depression
Understanding Learning Difficulty
Understanding Mental Illness
Understanding Phobias and Obsessions
Understanding Post-Natal Depression
Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Understanding Seasonal Affective disorder
Understanding Schizophrenia
Understanding Self-Harm
Understanding Talking Treatments
Many of MIND'S booklets have been recorded on cassette. They can be borrowed by visually impaired people from
RNIB,
Customer Service,
P0 Box 173, Peterborough
PE2 6WS

Booklets available from MIND
MIND
(National Association for Mental Health)
15-19 Broadway
London E15 4BQ
Tel: 0181 519 2122
Information Line: 0181 522 1728

The Anxious Child (1997)
The Mental Health Foundation
(free or 50p each for large orders.)
A booklet for parents and carers wanting to know more about anxiety in young people.

Understanding Depression (1997)
Sophie Zeman for The Mental Health Foundation
(free or 50p each for large orders.)
A booklet for people with depression, their carers, families and friends.

Understanding Schizophrenia (1997)
Sophie Zeman for The Mental Health Foundation (free or 50p each for large orders.)
A booklet for people wanting to know more about schizophrenia.

Unconditional Love? (1997)
Susannah Strong for The Mental Health Foundation, £6.00.
A report on the views of parents who have or are supporting young people with mental health problems, based on 30 interviews.

Mental Health in Your School(1996)
Young Minds, £6.95.
A guide for teachers and others working in schools

Treating Young People Well (1996)
Zarrina Kurtz for The Mental Health Foundation, £10.00.
A guide to using the evidence base in commissioning and managing services for the mental health of young people.

So Young, So Sad, So Listen (1995)
Philip Graham and Carol Hughes, Gaskell, £5.00.
A book about depression in young people and teenagers between 5 and 16 years old.

A Social History of Madness
by Roy Porter
Roy Porter shows how the literature of the mad reflects the world through a looking glass, holding up a mirror to the logic of sane society, and insists that the history of unreason must run parallel with the history of reason.

Mind Readings -Writers' Journeys Through Mental States
Edited by Sara Dunn, Blake Morrison and Michele Roberts Published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of MIND, over 50 of the best-known writers in the UK and beyond use poetry, prose, fiction, and fact to produce a collection of highly original insights into matters of the mind.

Change for the Better, Self-Help Through Practical Psychotherapy (1996)
by Elizabeth Wilde McCormick (Cassell, £9.99)
Presents an easy to follow programme to help develop insights into the patterns that govern our choices and use this knowledge to set positive and realistic goals.

The Mental Health Handbook (DK) - the complete guide to treatment, care and resources (1995)
Tony Drew and Madeleine King (Piatkus, £8.99)
A comprehensive and practical guide to 'mental illness' and the help available. It describes the roles of GPs, psychiatrists and other health professionals, give details of support groups, explains what to do in a crisis and provides information for carers.

Anorexia and Bulimia (1996)
by Julia Buckroyd (Element, £4.99)
Anorexia and bulimia are misunderstood and potentially life-threatening conditions that are increasing at an alarming rate. This clear, straightforward guide is written by a psychotherapist and counsellor who has specialized in eating distress. It explains:

how society helps to create eating disorders
physical and psychological symptoms and effects
how sufferers and their families can help themselves
what professional help is available.

A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (1993)
by David Pilgrim and Anne Rogers (Open University Press, £12.99) An exploration of the sociological issues of race, gender and age in relation to mental health.

What Do You Know About Depression and Mental Health? (1996) by Peter Sanders and Steve Myers (Gloucester Press, £9.99)
This book is intended to help young people understand more about mental health and depression. A number of issues are raised in storylines, including what depression is, causes of depression, other mental health problems such as eating disorders, effects on people's lives, what help is available and how to look after your mental health.

Self-Harm, Perspectives from Personal Experience (1994)
edited by Louise Roxanne Pembroke

(Survivors Speak Out, £6.00) Responses to self-harm are predominantly negative and punitive. This book allows people who self-harm speak for themselves in a moving collection of personal accounts. This is essential reading for anyone who has been through self-harm to and those who work with them.
Speaking our Minds, An Anthology (1996)

Jim Read and Jill Reynolds (Macmillan, £8.99)
Speaking our minds is an exciting new collection of writing by over 50 people who have experienced mental distress.

Anxiety, Phobias and Panic Attacks (1996)
by Elaine Sheehan (Element, £4.99)
This guide covers different types of anxiety disorders, causes and symptoms. It provides practical ways of keeping anxiety under control and explains what help is available and where to find it.

The Secrets of Self-Esteem (1996)
by Patricia Cleghorn (Element, £6.99)
Refreshing and motivating, this book can help you build your self-esteem, manage stress and cope with criticism, create happier relationships and identify and achieve your personal goals.

Who's Hurting Who? Young People, Self-Harm and Suicide (1996) by Helen Spandler (42nd Street, £10.00)
This book allows young people to speak for themselves about self-harm and the sort of services they need.

Young People Under Stress (1994)
by Sally Burningham (MIND/Virago, £7.99)
Explains the mental health problems that young people may experience.