Take it as read that a book can ease depression

Your local library now has a self-help section to help with anxiety and depression, writes Ailin Quinlan.

THE problem about sourcing health information on the internet — as any GP will tell you — is reliability. Now, a successful mental health programme, backed by the Health Services Executive and the library network, is being rolled out across Cork.

The Your Good Self programme, which will be launched by Minister of State for Primary Care, Mental Health and Disability, Kathleen Lynch, this Friday — World Mental Health Day — focuses on everything from depression to bereavement, self-esteem to parenting.