Mental Health and Wellbeing | Glasgow Kelvin College Library

1) Stress and anxiety

2) Self-esteem and body image

3) The mental health and wellbeing workout for teens: skills and exercises from ACT and CBT for healthy thinking

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Nagel, Paula (Educational psychologist)

Description

This is an accessible, engaging how-to guide for building a personalised mental health 'workout'. It includes tried and tested therapeutic techniques, simple strategies and healthy thinking habits teenagers can use to boost their mental health fitness and emotional wellbeing.

4) Psychology: the science of mind and behaviour

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Gross, Richard D

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2 Week Loan, ONLINE

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Build a solid foundation for students to develop the skills and knowledge they need to progress with the updated edition of Richard Gross's introduction to 'Psychology'. This eighth edition is the essential guide to studying psychology, helping over half a million students during its 30 years of publication.

5) A Teen's Guide to Success: How to Be Calm, Confident, Focused

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The worlds teenagers have never been so challenged as they are today. The constant demands of parents, school, work, peers, social media, athletics, music. . . has created a generation who, while tremendously capable, are also tremendously stressed. Todays teens are expected to not only do it all but to do it now. Having personally coached thousands of students over his years as an educator and a professional performance coach, Dr. Bernstein (Dr....

6) Stay balanced while you study: make the most of your student experience

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Thompson, Dominique

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Want to make the most of being a student?Award-winning mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, explores issues around leaving home, exam stress, socialising, safety, sex, and drugs, to help you succeed and truly enjoy your time as a student.Complemented by insights from real students, this useful guide provides credible advice, practical tips, and exercises to safely navigate the unique pressures and opportunities that student life brings....

7) 49 ways to think yourself well: mind science in practice one step at a time

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8) The illustrated self-care bible: maintaining positive self-care, including physical wellness, emotional wellness, and life-balanceedited by Rachel Newcombe

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'The Illustrated Self-Care Bible' guides you through every component of an essential self-care routine, with detailed descriptions and step-by-step exercises.

9) Nutrition and mental health: a handbook : an essential guide to the relationship between diet and mental health

10) Strong, calm and free: a modern guide to yoga, meditation and mindful living

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Hobbs, Nicola Jane

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Strong, Calm and Free is a beginner's guide to yoga, meditation and mindful living.

11) Hell yeah self-care!: a trauma-informed workbook

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Barker, Meg-John

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An activity-based journal exploring self-care in all its forms. This book delves into the why and the how of self-care, examining why it is so foundational to our wellbeing and how we can implement it in our daily lives, drawing on a diverse range of approaches.

12) Healthy mind & body all-in-one for dummies

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Providing an account of what makes for an alert and active mind and body, this guide covers nutrition and GL foods, yoga and Pilates and coping with stress, depression and anxiety.

13) Foundations of wellness

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Reger-Nash, Bill

Description

Life is crammed with busyness, screen time, and an abundance of shallow experiences. If you dont mindfully change your way of thinking and behaving, thats all your life will ever be. Foundations of Wellness can help you live a satisfying lifeone full of rich and deep experiences. Youll understand your identity and inner strengths and resources as well as set and move toward meaningful personal goals. With Foundations of Wellness, you will explore...

14) Change your mind, change your health: 7 ways to harness the power of your brain to achieve true well-being

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Ludovici-Connolly, Anne Marie

Description

Feeling totally well is about more than just health - it's about living a fulfilling, well-rounded life. It's about becoming and being our best selves. Yet from health to jobs to finances, it's no secret that people today face a number of seemingly insurmountable barriers to achieving a secure, self-affirming sense of personal well-being. They've tried fad-this and celebrity-that because they want to change, but nothing really works or lasts. Without...

15) You, me & everyone we know: everyday adventures in mental health

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'You, Me & Everyone We Know' is a collection of personal stories and recollections by journalists, broadcasters, sportspeople, men, women, boys and girls, looking at how they have faced and coped with a range of day-to-day challenges to their mental well-being.

16) The campus cure: a parent's guide to mental health and wellness for college students

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Most mental illnesses start to arise in the later teen years and early twenties, making college-age young adults a vulnerable population. Here, Marcia Morris looks at the most common mental health issues facing this age group and what parents can do to recognize symptoms, get treatment, and support their children through these challenging years.

17) The self-care handbook: connect with yourself and boost your wellbeing

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Are you looking after yourself? For so for many of us, with so much to do and think about, self care - taking care of our mental, emotional and physical health and wellbeing - often falls by the wayside. 'The Self-Care Handbook' equips you to make positive, helpful choices for incorporating self-care into your life.

18) The future of happiness: five modern strategies for balancing productivity and well-being in the digital era

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"Technology-at least in theory-is improving our productivity, efficiency, and communication. The one thing it's not doing is making us happier. We are experiencing historically high levels of depression and dissatisfaction. But it doesn't have to be that way. Technology can drive-not diminish-human happiness. Our brains receive 11 million bits of information every second but can only process 40 bits at any given time. Thanks to the latest technology,...

19) The courage to be happy: a new approach to well-being in everyday life

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This text presents a rounded approach to finding happiness in a painful but beautiful life. The psycho-spiritual approach of this book makes is relevant for everyone. It inspires and motivates the reader to take responsibility for his or her emotional well-being and to give it the priority it deserves.

20) Health, happiness, and well-being: better living through psychological science

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Based on research findings from expert psychologists, this text encourages students to become knowledgeable consumers of information related to their physical health and optimum psychological functioning.